In 1976 I spent a lovely day on the Isle of Capri so my main goal when we got to Napoli was to revisit Capri. The hydrofoils were close to the ship so we walked over to them. Ellen and Barbie left a little before us on the 9:30 and we caught the 10:00 boat. Another Ellen and Sue were on our boat so when we got to Capri Ellen and Barbie were waiting. They found Mossimo and a convertible taxi so we all piled in after much negotiations and off we went. The weather was gorgeous at about 72 degrees. Many photos of the beautiful scenery and much flirting with the local gents. I had Vongole(?sp) and spaghetti for lunch and some had pizza. Capri has built up but it hasn’t lost its charm. This is the old mission in Ana Capri.

The next day was cold and overcast but James and I did walk into town for awhile until it started to rain. It did pour for some time and drizzled for most of the day. Joan and I walked to the port mall as they had some good shops. I did not see much of Napoli but it is not my favorite Italian city. We did want to get some pizza but with the rain we passed.

Because of the rain we had sail away up in the crows nest. At that time it was pouring so we couldn’t see much at the sail away.

The next day Joan and I went to Civitavecchia which is the port for Roma. Along the way we picked up John and Shirley who joined us. I recently did the train to Roma and opted to go to Civitavecchia instead. I have spent days in Roma at different times. There was not much in Civitavecchia but we did go to the local open air market and had wonderful pizza and a local Chianti. The place we chose turned out to be a favorite for a lot of the ship staff and fellow cruisers.