Tuesday, July 31, 2007

Palermo - Day 3









The excitement never ends with Disney but unfortunately last nights excitement was not good news for some unlucky sole. It seems there was some sort of medical emergency (fell in shower and broke ribs) and a passenger had to be off loaded at the nearest port. This meant that the Magic had to take a 2 hour detour to offload the passenger at Sardinia and then proceed on to Palermo. This ended up delaying all shore excursions by approx. 2hrs but that probably worked out in everyone’s favor as it meant more sleep. As we said in our previous post, we managed to sleep the night through so awoke this morning at 6am in time to see Sicily come into view. A beautiful morning with calm winds and seas and clear blue skies with just a touch of fog around Sicily which quickly burned off.

DH stayed on the ship today and DW and DD did the Day on the Farm excursion. A 1.5hr bus ride took them to a working farm where they were able to milk a sheep, bake bread and even swim in a pool. Lunch was a full blown Sicilian to do with many courses including salad, pasta and meat (lamb) all of which consumed approx. 1hr 50min. Then back to the ship via bus. All in all a long but fun day.

A casual night of dining this evening in Lumiers, some swimming afterwards and then off to bed to awake early tomorrow for the Pompeii, Sorrento and Capri tour.

No comments: