Saturday, September 22, 2012

Fri. Night onto the ferry

We headed to the overnight ferry in the evening and left the dock at 8:30. We had a lovely little berth for the night which was clean but being a ferry, it was filled with many truck tankers of liquids and many 18 wheelers as well as cars and people. Many people just had a chair to sit in all night, however, we bus group people each had a cabin.
It was G's first overnight ship ride and he was worried to be sick so he took a gravol. Things went well for him even though the sea was very choppy all night. It was a 10 hour cruise and most of us didn't sleep due to the extreme engine noise and the horrible swaying. It's not at all like a big cruise ship as the stabilizers work so much better on a bigger ship that isn't racing to another port as if your life depended on it - which of course the captain must do to keep his job.
All in all, we arrived safely, albeit tired. We disembarked in Naples to head back to Rome for the night. Today is Sat. and we are more than thrilled to be leaving. We have checked on our flight and all is ready to take us back to Germany.