Day 16 At Sea en route to Rhodes
We are currently on passage to the Island of Rhodes which will take two sea days.
First bit of excitement came around midday as we sailed near Mt Stromboli. This has been an active volcano for the past two thousand years and has minor eruptions every 20 to 30 minutes. Not the place you would think you would want to live but there is a town there. Unfortunately cloud hid all the fireworks on our passing.
The next noteworthy event occurred at 3pm as we transited the Straits of Messina which separate Italy from Sicily.
This is a surprisingly narrow passage and the ship had to take a pilot on for the transit. There are proposals to link Italy with Sicily with a suspension bridge here.
Evening was a gala night so I was in my penguin suit while Jeanette wore a ravishing red outfit with Noelle’s gold wrap.
Hardys’ Travels 