Jun
20
Today was Olbia Olbia is a port city on the island of Sardinia. Our tour for the day was Gnocchetti Sardi and Ravioli. We traveled by motor coach to a quanit Italian restaurant nestled among the granite mountains of Sardinia. We learned how to make Gnocchetti Sardi – which is an Italian style dumpling. These are made from dough rather than the potato the more traditional Gnocchi are made from. We also made Ravioli using the dough and Ricotta cheese. The cheese was wonderful tasting. After we cleaned up they fed us Gnochetti Sardi and Veal. I’m glad that they didn’t make us eat our creations. A short bus trip to a local museum and then back to the ship – we did have to wait on another bus as ours broke down, but the tour operator was quick and we waited a total of 15 minutes extra. Still no internet that I can use to publish photos. We are too far from the city center here and there is no wireless at the port.
We are having a wonderful time on the ship. The server we have Sachin and the asst. server Katerina are the best we have had. They have been absolutely wonderful. From providing Lauren with Escargot every night to making sure that we have a dessert to take back to the room.
Tomorrow is Rome. It’s going to be a 12 hour day. I know that I won’t have any access to the net – I am going to try and take the cell phone and upload some pictures that way. So far the cruise has lived up to my high expectations. So far it has truly been a cruise of a lifetime.
We had Sachin a number of years ago (our first Magical journey) he was on vacation for our next trip. Hopefully, he will be there next year when the Magic visits California because we are going again.