Traveling with Ellen

Dinner tonight. Sunday Roast with Yorkshire Pudding which is nothing other than a popover.  Not much to yo report today.  We had a sea day as we headed to Malta.  I woke a little later and after breakfast, I had a massage scheduled which was wonderful.   We had a light lunch at Mamsan’s which serves lighter open faced sandwiches.  We brought the cribbage board with us and played several hands.  No one needs to ask if I win any.  NOT.   Then Di net at The Restaurant which was delicious.   We land at Valletta Malta at 8 am and my 8 hour tour seeing the Highlights of Malta starts at 8:25 am.   Dinner tonight …what the British call Sunday Riast   The prime rib was amazing Wayne ordered the liver.  Said it was absolutely tender and delicious  A few pictures of last night’s dinner  Looking out the window from our table  Caesar salad and shrimp cocktail  Mussels for me, veal tenderloin for Wayne  Dessert, ther...

  We had an early breakfast this morning before our 8:25 am scheduled bus excursion into Rome.  Rome, being inland, cruise ships dock in Civitivechia and the ride into Rome is approximately 1 1/2 hours.   I wasn’t expecting much from this tour as it was the “free” included excursion.  It amounted to a bus tour of Rome  with no stops .  From the windows of our bus, our tour guide pointed out various buildings.  At about 11:15 we stopped and were given almost 4 hours of free time to go and what we wanted.   Once Wayne and I were on our own, I enjoyed wandering the small streets and strolling around.   The day got much better. These are pictures I took from inside the bus, not much. Papal Basilica di San Paulo Thus is better,  out the window of the bus you can see Pallatine Hull and the grounds of the Circus Maximus, the first chariot racing stadium  Arch of Constantine Pictures of the Colosseum as we drove by  Basilica di San Gio...

  It was barely light this morning wheny excursion left at 8:55 am to the small Greek fishing village of Cargese.  Corsica is a series of ups and downs.   There are switchbacks climbing into the mountains.  There was snow above the 9,000 ft high mark and a great deal of beautiful beaches and pretty shoreline at sea level.  We are about 110 nautical miles from Italy and on the same latitude as Rom, where we head tomorrow. This excursion got me away from their biggest city, Ajaccio and I was able, through the bus window to see more of this island and how pretty it would be in summer and with the sun shining.  Corsica is the home of Napoleon Bonaparte.  Wayne’s tour stopped to see his monument.  Ours did not.  We rode straight out of town toward Cargese.   It’s winter in the Mediterranean and definitely in this sleepy little village.   Almost everything was closed.  There was one bar open where we were all given a free drink of ou...