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Heading Home

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July 7, 2023  – Arrival at Civitavecchia and Flights Home Docked:  Arrival at 6:00 am in Civitavecchia and Transfer to Airport and Flight Home. We got up at 5:00 am and went to breakfast at 5:30 am.  Surprisingly they offered an early full breakfast, which we ate for our long day of travelling that lay ahead.  After gathering our remaining luggage from the room, we proceeded to deck 5 and lined up for our disembarkation at 6:30 am.  At that time, we left the ship and proceeded to the terminal where all the luggage from the ship was arranged according to our group numbers. We were all Group 10 and found our luggage immediately.  From there we walked directly to the Group 10 bus where our luggage was loaded.  The bus departed at 7:00 am for the one-hour drive to the FCO airport T3 departure area where we collected our luggage and proceeded through door 6 to the Delta baggage drop off area.  By 9:10 am we had gone t...

The Isle of Capri

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  July 6, 2023  –  Naples, Italy Docked: 7:00AM to 6:00PM   We arrived a little later than expected at the Naples port but were docked by 7:40 am and were able to depart the ship around 8:00 am.  Our plans for the day had changed several times, because of the distance and travel times that would be involved to do anything in Sorrento.  So, we decided to catch a ferry to Capri and spend our time seeing photographic sites on the island.  The initial problems we encountered were the very long queues for ferry transit and that early ferries were booked.  We managed to get tickets on the 10:35 am with a 3:24 pm return NLG ferry to Capri.  It was very hot with a cloudless sky and we killed time getting cold drinks at a local restaurant and enjoyed the shade. The trip takes about 50 minutes to get to the Isle of Capri with good views of the Amalfi coast.  Our ferry was late, so we arrived in Capri at noon. ...