Photo of the Day – Palermo, Sicily
The Cathedral of Palermo
Big night on the ship last night as we celebrated the 4th of July with about 20 other Americans at the ”official” MSC 4th of July party. With so few Americans on board Shannon and I felt it was our duty to make sure the holiday received proper recognition. Can’t remember the last time I celebrated the 4th from overseas!
As the ship pulled out of Naples last night we were treated to spectacular views along the Amalfi Coast as we cruised past Sorrento, Amalfi and Positano during sunset on our way to Sicily. What a way to travel!
We docked in Palermo, Sicily this morning for our last stop in Italy. We didn’t have any real plans for our day so we ended up hiring one of the many horse-drawn carriages for a tour around the city. It was actually a nice, relaxing way to see the city and we especially enjoyed our stop at Palermo’s magnificent Cathedral which dates back to 1185.
Tonight we’ll be sailing away from Italy and heading toward La Goulette, Tunisia. We have plans to visit the ruins of Carthage tomorrow but learned last night that there’s a chance we won’t even be allowed to leave the ship. Apparently, the visa situation as it relates to Americans is still uncertain in Tunisia. The ship is holding our passports and will be dealing with the Tunisian authorities on our behalf when we dock. We’ll see what happens. I’ll be very disappointed if we don’t get to see some of Tunisia so wish us luck.
More from Africa, tomorrow!
Fingers crossed for you!