After leaving Montenegro we had a day at sea before arriving to our next destination. It was great to sleep in and not have to worry about time. John of course got up early and went to the gym. I slept in. We really spent the day lounging around and hanging in different parts of the ship. We watched the boys play ping pong. Shelley and I played a game of Bingo in the afternoon. We had dinner in the main dining room instead of the buffet. After dinner we headed for the theatre for “Sirens of Soul” It was a great show and at the end of the show Christy and Carisa went on stage and danced. After the show we (me and John) went to the Reflection Lounge to watch a “couples” game. Meanwhile, Christy sang karaoke on a stage in one of the lounges. We missed it. Heard she was pretty good.

In the morning we woke up in Messina, Sicily. The kids were going to take a train to Taormino and go to the beach. John and I opted to stay in Messina since we had been to Taormino–even though it was 20 years ago.

Messina is built on hills so everywhere we went we had to climb a ton of stairs or walk up hill. We had 3 cathedrals we wanted to see and we made it to all of them. As torturess as it was, I made it. I had to stop so many times. But the cathedrals were beautiful and I was able to light candles in 2 of them for my friends who need extra prayers.

After seeing all we set out to see we sat at a restaurant and just had a coke while I rested and prepared for the walk back to the ship. We came back and I took a nap for about 1 1/2 hours. Then we got lunch and waited for the kids to get back. Later we had dinner in the buffet and then went to one of the bars to get a drink and finally went to the show.

Karen Grainger was amazing. She is a female impressionist who sang in so many voices: Cher, Shania Twain, Reba, Dolly. . . She even did a duet but I forget which two singers voices she used. It was an amazing show.