Donato Messina

... it wasn't unpleasant, just exciting. Whenever we are in our room, we open the balcony doors. Jim likes to sit on the balcony doing Sudoku. If I'm in the room, I prefer reading in bed. The sound of the waves hitting the bow is extremely soothing. The best.
The crew is a mixed group. Our captain is from Norway. He's a baby, only 38 years old. Everyone teases him about bringing his toys to play with on board. He handles it well. The galley ...

... plans to go to Cinque Terra, not having it on my original list of places to go, and it turned out to be one of my most favourite, cherished places I went. It was so beautiful I cannot do it justice.
I arrived in Sant’Onofrio and sat around a bit, with limited means of communication, and found myself often frustrated with myself but I was able to see my family, and where 'we’ come from, what we came from. I met ...

... remember). We got out of the car at the beach in Pizzo, and I handed off my camera to Greg (as I'm a clumsy person and might drop it in the Mediterranean Sea) and kicked off my shoes and started with a purpose towards the rolling waves. I stood apart from where the surf was washing up on shore for a moment, listening to Greg yelling at me from behind to be careful and watch where I was walking, and to not step on any foreign objects that may or may not contain drugs ...

... s a nice change from the hustle and bustle buffet in Horizon Cafe. Although we're not big buffet patrons, it seemed that most people in the buffet line believed their last meal would be this particular lunch. Thus, nothing would stand in their way, not even manners! So, it was best to stay at least two meters away from those people.

After a nice quiet lunch we caught the last half of the ...

... to the Tyrrhenian coast, the coastal landscape of the ionion coast is rather flat. Mountain villages with Greek and Byzantine traces can be found in Locri, Gerace and Stilo.

In the north of Calabria rises the Pollino Mountain, a high mountain range with characteristic river valleys, ideal for an active holiday. In the center of the toe of Calabria lies the Sila, a beautiful mountainous region with beautiful forests and lakes, a popular ...

Hi to you all, just a quick update as we are at sea on our way back to Rome and tomorrow lots leave the ship and we begin again. !!! Today was beautiful as we were in Messina, and then we visited the lovely, small old towm of Taorimina, it was 600ft up...and I mean straight up, an so old and just simply gorgeous, , Italy at its best, Scilly seems very dry and even quite poor ...

... A small village perched high above the Mediterranean sea. It's church tower was spotted by Francis Ford Coppola from below and that was how he picked this for the movie the Godfather. It is the village where Michael spots his bride to be and the wedding party winds through the small streets. Very beautiful.

We then went to Taormina ...

... its my favorite thing I've eaten since I've been here. I also had tomato with oregano, and veal. We are about to go to the beach for the afternoon and this evening another girl is coming to visit Fabrizio. Tomorrow we are going to Salina for a few days. The island is supposed to be very beautiful and nearby there is another island with an active volcano. It is supposed to be the best at night, so I'm hoping to see that also. ciao, katie

... were on where the dancers hit their heads on the ceiling when they did a move. This is large enough to put on real theater, it has a balcony and can seat almost a thousand at once. This ship is truly remarkable. So we meet here and get our color sticker that has a number on it so we know what tour we are on. Today we are Blue 15 and our tour is actually a late one. We are not to leave the ship until 830 or so. We are going to see the Tindari ruins ...

... was partying with some younger guys into the night when he went overboard. Why wasn't he with his wife? Was he gay? I realize that most couples live together for a while before marrying these days, but would you party with guys on your honeymoon? Where was she - how did she end up on Deck 11? Very puzzling. We'd even had a little fun with it, too. When I returned from my excursion in Athens, there was a note wedged into the door number of our cabin that said only, "Lady ...