Day One Hundred Eleven - April 26 Today we arrived in the city of Messina located on the Northeast corner of the island of Sicily and is separated from the mainland by the Straight of Messina. It's population is roughly 250,000 and is the third largest city in the region behind Palermo and Catania. The island itself has 5 million inhabitants. As you enter the port your ship is blessed by the statue of the Madonnina del Porto as she holds up her right hand. ...

Day One Hundred Ten - April 25 Calm seas were the word of the day for our sail into Crotone today. As we approached, you could see a number of oil rigs dot the Adriatic Sea as Italy tries to find more sources of oil. Presently, Italy must import all its oil needs. The city of Crotone with its population of roughly 65,000 lies at the base of rolling hills where you can see wind farms to generate additional power. Crotone was founded by the Achaean Greeks abou...

Day One Hundred Nine - April 24 Today we are in Durres, the principal shipping port for the country of Albania. Our arrival time was 07:30 with all aboard 17:30 and Departure 18:00. The ship arrived early and was docked before the scheduled arrival time. At 06:45 Janice was given another Covid test that by her recollection is number 11 or 12. The results for this PCR test took 48 minutes. As expected she tested negative and she was given the green light to le...

Day One Hundred Eight - April 23 As I write this blog, the sun is slowly sinking behind the mountains of Montenegro and the town of Kotor. This quaint little seaport can be found at the south end in Kotor Bay. There are four bays within the Gulf of Kotor on the Adriatic coastline of Montengro. Our arrival time was 11:00 with all aboard 19:30 and departure 20:00. From the time we entered the natural fjord to when we docked the elasped time was 1 hour and 30 mi...

Day One Hundred Eight - April 23 As I write this blog, the sun is slowly sinking behind the mountains of Montenegro and the town of Kotor. This quaint little seaport can be found at the south end in Kotor Bay. There are four bays within the Gulf of Kotor on the Adriatic coastline of Montengro. Our arrival time was 11:00 with all aboard 19:30 and departure 20:00. From the time we entered the natural fjord to when we docked the elasped time was 1 hour and 30 mi...