Work Hard, Play Harder

Greetings from the "Bridge", where the ship is driven. I just got my personalized tour of the bridge, the command center of the ship. It is pretty cool up there. Will post pictures after. This is our last day in Venice. I went ashore, said my goodbyes to the Venetians, the canals, the boats, the cute gondoliers, the labyrinth of corridors. My friend got lost for 4 hours a few weeks back in the maze. haha! We now start "The Crossing". Next week our itinerary will be completely different. Roma, Firenze, Pisa, then on to Spain, Cartegena, Barcelona, Cadiz and then....the Azores Island. Our last stop before 5 days at sea to New Orleans. Kind of excited to get back to the USA, things will be much cheaper!! I didn't buy much here in Europa at all, too damn expensive.

Ok, lot's o pictures! Rented scooters with Kim in Dubrovnik, played in the bunkers from the war in 1991. I was looking for bombs, obviously didn't find one or I wouldn't be able to type right now. We are on the border with Bosnia-Hervecgovina. Remember that Cranberrie's song, Sarajevo? Yeah, it's about this place. You can see Bosnia in the black and white photo of Kim.

Also, pictures of old town Bari, Italy where I took a nap and a homeless man thought I was homeless and gave me a hat to shield my eyes. He scared me as he was standing about 3 inches from my face, I screamed, then he called me his wife, gave me a hat, asked why I wasn't in a hotel, and then we had a nice conversation and I got a nice hat out of the deal. haha fun!

getting ready to work now, Later!

Noel