This morning we enjoyed our nice hot showers. Great to
be able to, after the malfunction of the past days. We even had a visit from
the plumber to check if everything was all right now.
The Cagliari port had arranged for a free bus to take
the passengers to the city. Just a short bus ride later we were very close to
the center of the town. We were immediately impressed by this great port. The
city is built on a hill so we prepared for some climbing. If you want to avoid
that, a taxi to the highest point may be a good idea. So we walked uphill. First we passed the old Ospedale (hospital)
with a nice church close by.
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| Ospedale, Cagliari |
Further up we passed the walls of the Orto
Bortanico (botanical gardens). Unfortunately the walls were the only thing we
could see. That changed when we came up to the old Amfiteatro. Built in 80 AD
it is still in use.
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| Amfiteatro, Cagliari |
Just a little higher up was the Via Belvedere.
Belvedere means ‘great view’ and indeed, we had a view overlooking the whole
valley behind the city of Cagliari.
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| View of Noordam from uptown Cagliari |
Around the corner we entered the old city walls
of Cagliari. Wow, nice town! Small streets, high houses, squares and churches
like Cattedrale di Cagliari.
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| Cattedrale di Cagliari |
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| Old town Cagliari |
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| Old town Cagliari |
We ended our walking tour at the Bastione di Saint
Remy. Again great views here.
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| View from Bastione di Saint Remy |
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| Arch at Bastione di Saint Remy |
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| Bastione di Saint Remy |
From the Bastione di Saint Remy we walked down to the
port and took the bus to the ship. We were in time for our favorite: the Asian buffet.
A few hours later we enjoyed high tea.
For the first time this cruise the captain gave
permission to open the bow so we could see the sailing away from there. We wished it was possible every day. Really a great place to see the
city getting smaller and smaller. Just thinking back about all the beautiful
things you have seen there.
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| Noordam bell |
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| Sailing away from Cagliari |
Rhodé has discovered Techspert Time. Techspert
Krista teaches computer courses, but from time to time the classroom is open to
work on your own projects. We use this for backing up our memory cards on an USB
stick, just to reduce the chances of losing our photo’s. Rhodé uses the brand
new Windows 8 computers to play games like cut-the-rope.
After dinner we went to photographer Shannon to get
some nice pictures again. We had a guest performer Patrick McMahon, who was
great at imitating other artists. Of course we went to the Piano Bar afterwards. Piano man
Stryker convinced yesterday’s performer Hayden Smith to do a couple of songs
together. That was a great surprise! Stryker had it filmed to be put on his
Facebook page. We will follow him on Facebook and on Youtube.
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