Mike & Cathy, Matt & Emily hosted a dinner cooked in the side yard over an open fire. The recipe for the main dish came into our family in the 1960’s. Mother used to call it Boy Scout Stew, but the rest of us preferred to call it Slop. Regardless of the name it is delicious. Dessert was Lazy Cobbler and was rich and wonderful.
 
 
It was an incredible experience to actually walk the streets of Pompeii, once a bustling resort town in the Roman Empire until 79 AD when an apocalyptic explosion buried it under 20 feet of volcanic ash. Archeological excavations since the 19th Century continue to reveal evidence of a thriving community.
Once the largest cruise ship in the world, Allure of the Seas will be our home for the next seven nights as we cruise the Western Mediterranean and explore the eighteen decks of this behemoth.
Our recent travel misadventures seriously curtailed our time in Rome pre-cruise but we did get to visit the Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel before making the trip to Civitavecchi for an overnight in the port city of Rome preparatory to departing on Allure of the Seas tomorrow.
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