It’s not often that when you arrange to meet someone for the first time that you choose to do it in a cemetery but it seemed appropriate to meet Vivian at Calvary. We’d known of her for years and had corresponded a bit through Ancestry.com. We knew she shares an interest in genealogy and that she shares DNA with Steve through two ancestral lines. Together we located the final resting place of her Great Great Grandparents/Steve’s Great Aunt Mary and Uncle Fred. We continued the visit at a local bookstore cafe and are now looking forward to future visits and perhaps planning a family reunion together!
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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