Carnival Magic - 12 Days in Med review....

[TheCaveman]

 

The picture below, we were heading to the "plaza" below left in the picture

 

Stunning views

 

 

We saw these 2 nuns, sitting on a bench, as they do, and, it was quite amusing seeing the naked woman statue next to them

 

[jimbri]

Wonderful review. Looking forward to the rest.

[TheCaveman]

The Magic was the biggest in port today

 

 

 

Finally found the Rose Garden

 

 

 

 

The Reason we came here....

[TheCaveman]

 

The Pond

 

 

Some Turtle eggs

 

 

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In the picture below, you can see the 3 yaught's masts, if you follow the middle one straight up, on that wall is where we took the other picture, looking down at this "plaza"

 

 

 

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One thing I liked, well for me anyway it was a cool idea, we went to a shop to get some water, and, on she shelfs, they had a little electronic display, showing the price.

 

 

There are a few of them in a row, bit blurry....

 

 

After that we came back to yacht port and head for the Monte Carlo tunnel towards casino.

Got there eventually and place was magnificent, crowdy, but still nice.

 

 

 

And what would Monaco be without loads of these ? ? ? ? ?

 

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On our way through the tunnel

 

Same one that they go through in the F1 Race

 

 

We saw this everywere.... Prince Albert, got married to a woman from South Africa

 

 

 

Me in the tunnel

 

 

[sjn911]

Thanks so very much,,,,your pictures are absolutely wonderful and I am loving every minute of it and fabulous commentary....I want to goooooo..thanks again... sarah

[TheCaveman]

Monte Carlo Casino

 

 

 

[MRVEGAS711]

Great Review !!! Keep it coming.

 

And I love the BEER PORN !!

[TheCaveman]

We took few photos, and start walking down the hill towards port. Nice views again, lots of expensive cars.

 

 

 

On our way to the ship we spotted this bird sitting there

 

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Today’s Drink of the day were the “Monte”

After we got back to the ship we went to aft pool, and it was a great place to watch the yachts come in Monaco.

 

 

Rush Hour In Monaco

 

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No Chairhogs there

 

I went to the cabin / stateroom to get something, and i walked past teh cleaning cart.

 

Saw this creature guarding the chocolates

 

 

Funny thing is, somebody were brave and fought him off, as we only recieved some chocolates on our pillows 3 nights out of 12....

[rhcpchika1]

Loving the review! Probably will never sail on this ship, but enjoying it just as much!

[TheCaveman]

We had a few more beers, and decided to go to Cucina Del Capitano for dinner.

Boris from Slovenia was our waiter – Great funny Guy, but looked like Russian and sound like Russian, probarly tasted Russian too, if you know what I mean.

Anyway, food was good, not great, a bit too much for us. Portions, especially breaded chicken was massive. But overall it was a lovely place and for $10 per person it’s a bargain.

 

 

 

 

Hmmm, I had no idea what I wanted....

 

 

So, a piece of bread with butter will do

 

Our view from the table

 

 

 

 

 

 

As you could see, place was packed, good thing we had reservations....

[TheCaveman]

Starters arrived

 

 

Meatballs

 

Calamari

 

Breadded Chicken

 

No Idea how you pronounce this dish, came highly recommended by Boris. Well, lets just say, I only ate 25% of it

 

Desserts came next....

 

 

Apple Something

 

 

Tiramiso, well, they called it that, not me

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After dinner, we went to play mini golf. It was great fun, and I won by 1 stroke.. The GF lost, and my price for winning was, she would do the dishes the rest of the week…. Hang on….

 

Some random picks to follow:

 

After Mini golf, we went to our cabin, did I mention our cabin was on Lido deck, it was sooooooo handy, as you could be there and back in few minutes....

 

Ok, so, we found this guy there, maybee he was cleaning out cabin, as we have not yet met our cadin steward.

 

[BettyPC]

Great review! Love the food porn - your english is GREAT!! Thanks for sharing with us.

[robin13]

Thanks so much for the pictures!! I am sailing on The Magic on 10/7/11 so this is getting me so excited!! I can harly wait for the rest of the review.

[TheCaveman]

 

Some movie on big screen

 

 

And we are off, on our wat to Savona

 

 

So, we ended up in the Showtime theatre, where they had some quiz game

 

They ask a question, you have to buzz if you know the awnser.

 

Somehow, i volenteered

 

 

I am in front, this is easy....

 

Well, if you are American / Canadian, it will be easy, I did not win, but did not come last either.

 

So, they felt sorry for me, and gave me a medal on a string.

 

 

[ozzie_daz]

great Review so far looks like u had a great time! and loving the photos.

on a side note glad to see someone is drinking Fosters. You'd be hard pressed to find an Australian drinking it :eek:

[TheCaveman]

After that, we played a game of Bingo, and had great seats to the Welcome aboard Show.

And we met again the Great Hype, Cruise Director, or is it Dictator…. Extraordinaire…. John Heald….

Well, let me just say this; he is great, and very funny. He had the whole audience in stitches laughing, well; those who understand English, but, obviously not the ones who were talking non stop through the show, or the screaming baby.

I were wondering, if that baby were screaming as it was 10:30pm, past her bedtime, as she was really young, or she just did not find John Funny? ? ?

Yabadabadoooo – well, you just had to bee there to understand this one….

Again, went to our room, place was spotless, with cute animal, but, still did not meet our room steward.

 

 

Ok, this is where i sign off for tonight, back tomorrow.

 

So, there is what you can look forward to

 

Savona

Rome - and, a message to all parents, you dont want to miss this. What is the worst thing that can go wrong on a vacation abroad ?

Naples

Messina

Dobrovnick, Croatia

a Sea Day, yay...

Venice

3 more sea days

[TheCaveman]

Great Review !!! Keep it coming.

 

And I love the BEER PORN !!

 

Mr Vegas, love the name, I have been there 8 times already, cant wait to go back....

[TheCaveman]

Day 3 - Savona. Italy

So, as this cruise was port intensive and not many options for a beach day, we planned it for today.

We got up, we were not hungry, and as we docked right in the middle of town, we got off the ship for a walk around. We walked through the nice, old looking, narrow streets.

 

I had to be drinking to much, as i started seeing towl animals everywhere

 

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We found this nice littel church:

 

Entrance

Courtyard

 

then we walked across the street to the museum.

 

From the looks of it, this place used to bo some kind of fort.