We woke up at 4am to find that we had left Naples Harbour, then slept again until 8.30am!!!! Unheard of for me!! The waitress at breakfast told us that the winds were the Mistral winds that are so strong. After breakfast we went along to the Marseilles/Lisbon/Southampton tour talks, then bought a necklace of gold (23" at $US2/inch) and got a free matching bracelet. Whilst we were shopping we saw that Lord Wedgewood was autographing his goods, so we bought a small...

Well - another extraordinary day!!! We were well organised and down on the pier first for our boat ride (how novel!!) over to Capri (pronounced Carpri) - it took 45 mins and was very windy and cold, so I ensured that I purchased a scarf for the return trip. Our guide, Aldo, was very good - spoke excellent English and answered questions before they were asked!! We had a little minibus on arrival that took us to Anacapri - the top of the hill/mountain. Up there we ...

At about 4am we passed between Sicily and Italy. The engines had slowed greatly and we took a pilot on board to get us through the very narrow Messina Straits. All morning we motored up the coastline and came past the Isle of Capri quite early, around 10am, so Tom and I went up on deck and watched our approach to Naples and the amazing tugs that manouvred the QE2 into our dock. We had an early lunch and went ashore early so we could ring the girls, but the 6 ph...

We passed Crete just after breakfast this morning. The sea is quite calm. There were jewelry specials on so we bought some Sterling Silver bracelets for the girls. I also bought some diamond earrings and a diamond pendant. This morning we went to a talk on the Naples and Marseilles tours, Tom went to a talk on the Titanic and survivors, and then we both went to a talk on books and children's need for stories to help them rehearse life's experiences. We also went ...