Another "sea day" whilst we steamed around the toe of Italy from Corfu to Civitavecchia. News of the day to follow, but first news of last night's "Food and wine pairing" event: it was really really great! Neither of us knew what to expect, but it was basically a selection of different wines with different gourmet dishes. The food was magnificent and the senior wine waiter gave us a short explanation of the accompanying tipple before each course - from a "cheeky" Cabernet Sauvignon to a "robust" Burgundy, via light Canadian iced wines and heavy Portugese reds, it was boozy and fun, recommended!
Today we sailed between the Italian mainland and Sicily, through the narrow Straits of Messina. Whilst the straits were at their narrowest a launch came along side our ship and this guy jumped on board! He was obviously from the Local port authority and was a "Pilot", helping to navigate us through the possibly dangerous water. An hour later he leapt off onto his launch again just as dramatically and waved coolly to the cheering passengers, very entertaining.
A while later we passed a tiny island which is actually a active volcano, which we could see was puffing out small clouds of smoke, apparently this island is occupied by several hundred people - sounds a bit barmy.
Tonight is another formal do, so I need to dig out the "whistle and flute" again, should be good but the food will have to go some to better yesterday!
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