The 3rd day after Catania was a sea day. Which meant a lie in with no alarm needed and we got up at 8am and went for breakfast at O'Sheehan's the 24hr Irish Bar.
Got the English breakfast without sausage and a poached egg. It wasn't great. The beans are sweet - think because it's an American ship they're American style baked beans rather than what we're used to. Would have been better off at the buffet and we keep missing breakfast in the restaurant.
I went to go rock climbing but there was a quite a lot of other people queuing and we had a jewellery raffle to go to but ended up missing the free stuff and got stuck at this hour long diamond talk and when I went back to the rock climbing it was shut.
We had lunch in the restaurant.
Scallops - tiny little ones
Some aubergine kinda lasagne - wasn't great
Tiramisu
A lot better than the first attempt but still not great as the ice cream is icy and not creamy.
Wanted to go the gym but opted to sun bathe as I can't waste that opportunity. Got back to the room showered and went for dinner in the restaurant.
Asked if the gyozas had coriander in them and they came back saying they didn't know as they're pre-made. Great answer that. Luckily they didn't but they garnished the salad with coriander...
Seafood Orzo
Orange cake
Ended up going to the gym at 9pm and there was only 2 other people in there.
Livorno, Florence
3rd stop of the trip was Livorno. We got up at 7am had breakfast then had to pay €7 for return shuttle bus out of the port. Then had to get a bus to the train station.
This port you could go to Pisa (20 minute train journey), Florence (1hr 15 mins) or Cinque Terre (1hr 55 mins). We opted for Florence as my mum and dad haven't been before and they've done Pisa.
We walked from the train station into the centre of Florence. Was weird being back a year later just unlocking the memories of being there last summer.
It forecast that there would be thunderstorms but we didn't prepare for it to be torrential rain. It was biblical the rain was that bad. The rain drops were massive, so heavy, thunder and lightning and we were queuing to get into the cathedral but was taking forever to get in. Was getting soaked. My feet were drenched, my back was wet. The only thing that was dry was my head as I had my bucket hat and umbrella. It was horrible my actual worst nightmare. We did eventually get into the cathedral but the only reason it was taking so long was the security checks and people that were inside weren't leaving because the weather was that bad. It did eventually stop but then it went cold the temperature dropped and because I was wet I was freezing. I had shorts and a cropped t-shirt on.
Wanted to go back to the ship but we had already spend the money and time to get there we had to stick it out.
Mum needed the toilet so I ended up getting a gelato - not the best
The people selling umbrellas and ponchos making a killing. We just wandered around and I'm so glad I did go last year and got to see everything as we barely seen anything as the weather was bad then being wet we didn't really want to do much.
We got the 6:28pm train back and by the time we got back to the ship it was 8:30pm. Mum and dad went to get food but I just needed a shower by feet were that wet and horrible.
Ended up eating like a days worth of calories in the 1 meal. It wasn't a good day. Just wasn't properly prepared for the bad weather.
The room ended up stinking from the wet shoes even when trying to dry them from the hairdryer.
Next stop Villefranche-sur-Mer - Monaco!
