Departing the Ocean Princess

When we came back to our cabin this morning the dreaded luggage pad was on the bed.  After lunch we dutifully packed our suitcases, keeping out our good clothes for dinner and tonight's Motown show and our clothes for tomorrow. After the show, those clothes go in the suitcases which are then set out to be taken off ship in the morning.

We have received exceptional service on this ship, especially from our cabin attendant and dining room staff. That will not go unrewarded as we have envelopes prepared for them. This is above the tips assessed by the ship and distributed to the staff.  

One other nice thing that happened on this cruise was a surprise for Mary. The on-board jewelry store was having a silent auction for various pieces and one was a ruby earring set that exactly matched the ring she got in the Caribbean 2 years ago!  I put in a bid and won!  It's like the earrings and ring were made to go together.

We took a Hop-on/Hop-off bus around Genoa this morning.  Nothing too special; we saw lots of Christopher Columbus monuments, old buildings and the like.  One surprising thing was passing through tunnels right in the middle of the city! Parts of the city were very pretty and other parts, well, it's a large city...  Motor scooters are everywhere here.  I call this shot "Genoa Parking Lot"

No bridge today since our "fourth" was on an excursion that would have been back by 1:30 but left late and had extra travel time due to departing from Genoa.   So I played Goofy Golf instead and ended up winning a Princess lanyard.  Today's course was not nearly as challenging as the one last week that went through 3 rooms.  Today we merely had to navigate around all the blue lakes  since hitting one was a penalty stroke.

So off to the third leg of our trip - Rome!