After enjoying a marvelous day yesterday that included lots of conversation, excavations in the sandbox, supervision of the firewood splitting project, treehouse exploration, and a dinner of salad and gourmet pizza followed homemade Rosemary Shoofly Pie, the majority of the gathering departed this morning for a family celebration in Albany. That leaves four of us to savor a quiet day here on the lake on Cape Cod.
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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