Saturday, April 16, 2016

Report #106 Civitavecchia, Italy April 15, 2016 Friday Sunny & 67 degrees Part #3 of 3 66 Pictures


Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2016 6:58:49 AM
Subject: Report #106    Civitavecchia, Italy   April 15, 2016   Friday   Sunny & 67 degrees  Part #3 of  3     66 Pictures

The Pirgo pier

 

Beach of small rocks

 

Dates back to the late 1800's

 

One sunbather

 

Water was crystal-clear, but rocky

 

Traffic-free promenade with restaurants and apartments

 

Rock-strewn shoreline

 

Ships in the harbor near the Pirgo

 

Checking out the water below

 

Wind surfing

 

Small boat harbor

 

A plaza down from the Pirgo

 

Water looked really cold

 

A line of wind surfers

 

The boat was faster

 

Nice view across the water

 

Very rocky

 

Perfect view

 

Historic church

 

Ships were close

 

Walking the old wall

 

Another old church

 

Forte Michelangelo

 

Very nice walkways along the harbor

 

Great place for cafes

 

Part of the old city

 

Partly new, and partly old

 

 

Sailaway     Koningsdam

 

 

Celebrity Constellation

 

A high speed ferry

 

Several small ships

 

A few cranes

 

Grimaldi Lines

 

A ferry

 

A fishing boat returns

 

Our aft deck decorated for sail away

 

Koningsdam getting ready to leave the port

 

We had the Dutch flag flying

 

Partly cloudy, but really cold

 

Local guard

 

Birds know the fish were on this boat

 

Probably clean fish as they come into port

 

Sailing between the big ships

 

Koningsdam passengers

 

Finally leaving 1 hour late

 

Slowly turning in the harbor

 

A ball court on the top deck

 

Cabanas on the top, verandas under them

 

Crew working at sail away

 

View from deck nine

 

Looking good

 

A private hot tub on the mini-bow

 

Heading out towards the harbor exit

 

Turning

 

Turning

 

Almost ready to go

 

Now they are going forward

 

Navigation deck

 

Eddy and Calista waving to us (in yellow t-shirts)

 

Calista and Eddy missing us

 

Heading out into the Tyrennian Sea

 

The rest of the ships will follow

 

Koningsdam on their second voyage

 

Who is next?

 

Small sailboat

 

Other ship traffic

 

The last we saw of the new ship