Day 3 September 11 - Civitavecchia & Celebrity Reflection

Today we had to get from Rome to Civitavecchia by shuttle bus which is similar to taxis at home. There were 11 of us on a little bus which was about 45 minutes late because of traffic. A couple were from Australia and another from the US. Not sure about the rest. It took a while to get out of the city but once we did our driver reached speeds of up to 145 km on a road similar to the Trans Canada's divided highway.

When the bus driver came to the hotel to pick us up a lady saw the Canada flag on my suitcase and she flipped out saying "Atomic bomb to Canada!" She asked what part of Canada I was from and I said Newfoundland. Then she said "Newifes, eh!' Threw up her hands and left. Go figure. We just laughed.

We are almost settled in. We have gone around a little, had lunch and a beer. We are waiting for our luggage to come now. It's really hot out on the balcony now.

Here are a couple of photos - the best I could get from outside the boat plus a couple of others.

We are now at sea. There are a couple of photos below as well as a photo of the port city of Civitavecchia in the background. We are now off to a show and dinner. There are some issues with wifi and the internet so hopefully it will hold up. It works on the phone sometimes, on the computer sometimes but never on both at the same time. Other than that all good!!

We had a lovely evening beginning with a musical show by violinist Jakub Trasek which was very good seeing that we aren't into that kind of music but he had something for everyone and was well received.

We followed that up with dinner where we both had the prime rib dinner. It was quite delicious but I'm sure my sisters wouldn't enjoy it - I had mine medium rare while Gladys had medium. She has New York cheesecake for dessert while I had creme brule. Of course the dinner was complimented by some pinot Grigio for me and Proseco for Gladys. Cheers