The second day of our trip was spent at sea. We woke up at 7:00 am to see the Stromboli Volcano. This is an active Volcano. You can see smoke coming out of the top.
We were surprised to see a village at the bottom of the Island. This picture shows one of two villages on the Stromboli Island. About 50 people live in this village. There aren't any roads that cross the volcano so the only was to get from on village to the other is by boat.
What do you think people do for a living that live on an active volcano?
As we were passing through the Straights on Messina which is the water between Italy and Sicily we looked over the railing and saw this boat zooming along the side of our ship. They were the coast guard for Italy and someone from there boat had got on our ship for something. After a minute he stepped off the ship onto their little boat without a life jacket and then they sped away.
When we leaned over to take a picture of the boat this nice Italian man waved to us.
We went to a cooking demonstation and tried to learn how to make some fancy pasta dishes. I am a more hands on learner so no I won't me makeing anybody any pasta.
It was a formal night in the dining room so this is us all decked out in our fancy dresses. The sea was really ruff this night and as we were walking to dinner in our heels we were having a hard time walking down the hall straight. I started getting really seasick and did not really enjoy the formal dinning experience. The raw beef thing I ordered for my appetizer might have had a little to do with it also.
These pictures were mostly taken for Rodney, which if you know him you know he is a total food person. He would have appreciated this dinner more than I did.
A beautiful sunset from the deck of the ship. A great way to end a relaxing day at sea. (I am not sure this sunset pictures was taken this actual day but every night at sea the sunset was beautiful)
We were surprised to see a village at the bottom of the Island. This picture shows one of two villages on the Stromboli Island. About 50 people live in this village. There aren't any roads that cross the volcano so the only was to get from on village to the other is by boat.
What do you think people do for a living that live on an active volcano? 
As we were passing through the Straights on Messina which is the water between Italy and Sicily we looked over the railing and saw this boat zooming along the side of our ship. They were the coast guard for Italy and someone from there boat had got on our ship for something. After a minute he stepped off the ship onto their little boat without a life jacket and then they sped away.
3 comments:
Yummy! (from Scotty)
Maybe these boys will have to try some cruise food sometime.
More more!! That is so neat that you guys got to go on that trip! What a neat thing to do with your sisters. Maybe someday I'll get to do that with my sisters-in-law.
Our guides name "R2"=Arthur or Arturo, something like that
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