Wednesday, 11 July 2007

Cruise Day 5 – Olbia, Sardinia

Today we arrived at the beautiful port of Sardinia! The first thing I noticed were the houses. In London, Paris, and Palermo, all we saw were apartment buildings, and along the Amalfi Coast, there were houses, but they were stacked atop each other on the mountains. In Olbia, we saw houses, nice one and two story homes. It was very nice!

Today’s tour was the “Panoramic Tour of La Maddelina”. It was a very relaxed ride to Palau in Sardinia. The drive was curvy, but nowhere near as twisted as the Amalfi Coast! When we arrived in Palau, we took a ferry over to the island of La Maddelina. It was a pretty island, surrounded by the beautiful emerald Mediterranean Sea. I can see why they call the area Costa Smerelda, or the Emerald Coast. We took a tour of the island by coach. We got to see the villa where Mussolini was held captive in before he was executed. We also found out that Peter Gabriel lived in this area.

We got back on the ship and got to have our photos taken with Donald Duck and Sorcerer Mickey. Tonight’s dinner was at Animator’s Palette. It was semi formal night, plus the night when the dining room changes colour. It was a really exciting show! Oh well, tomorrow is an early night, as we have a 7:45 excursion! Later then! Take care all, and I hope all is well at home!!

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