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[VMax1700]

Ristorante Aurora in Sorrento is great!  We were there in May of this year and had great pizza and vino.

Herculaneum is wonderful.  I prefer it to the Pompeii site.

[Haljo1935]

4 minutes ago, VMax1700 said:

Ristorante Aurora in Sorrento is great!  We were there in May of this year and had great pizza and vino.

Herculaneum is wonderful.  I prefer it to the Pompeii site.

Tour guide said Aurora wasn't the best, but that it was really good and that she would both recommend it and eat there. We were pleased - and stuffed!

[Haljo1935]

The triplets are now quads.I had to put the new one up even though it will be coming right down.

[Haljo1935]

As I start to wind down this cruise (yep - I owe you several days of pics and will get them posted 🥴) I want to get some of the little things up so I don't forget.

 

These are most of the misc papers that were waiting for us in our cabin when we arrived; not shown are the Mariner drink cards - we used them 🫣 and the room service menu card - they removed it today since their is no room service on debark morning.

I have not seen one of these "Orange Books" in a while - they have info very helpful for new HAL cruisers. Pages are likely out of order. Pardon the shadows.

 

Small sheet on how e-tickets work - some people are surprised to learn HAL does not issue printed excursion tickets.

All you need to know about laundry - we no longer need it (the form, not the service) but happily say we made good use of the paid services before earning the perk.

And this is from today, not received with the others, but I want to post it now then move on - this was waiting on our bed when we returned from spending the day in port. It wasn't put in our box last night or delivered early this morning; it was delivered to our cabin after we had already left on a tender in Sorrento. 

Really?

[BetsyS.]

Thanks for all your wonderful reports and beautiful pictures. Safe travels home.

[Haljo1935]

2 minutes ago, BetsyS. said:

Thanks for all your wonderful reports and beautiful pictures. Safe travels home.

Thank you. I will still be posting all the ports that I haven't done yet, so be sure to check back. 😊

[SusieKIslandGirl]

I've enjoyed your reports. We'll be at several of the ports next November so this was helpful. Thanks! Enjoy the rest of your journey.

[Haljo1935]

Something is starting to happen. Condition of art at deck 6 aft elevator:

7:15am as we head to breakfast

8:04am as we return to cabin

8:34am as we head to gangway

[Haljo1935]

13 hours ago, SusieKIslandGirl said:

I've enjoyed your reports. We'll be at several of the ports next November so this was helpful. Thanks! Enjoy the rest of your journey.

I will get the other port pictures updated, so please check hope.

Weather really turned out great; we would not hesitate to go again during this time of the year. Hope you have a fabulous time when it comes.

[Haljo1935]

Several birthday celebrations in MDR deck 2 last night. This one was a table of 9 women next to ours.

 

 

[Haljo1935]

Lunch today was at Ristorante Pazzi di Pizza
https://maps.app.goo.gl/rdEXZfphKSnhv1k16

I would have preferred some oregano, but DH thought it was great w/o it.

Less than 5 min walk from our hotel is "Malibu Beach." Don't know if that's really the name of it, but that's what was on the sign. Clouds rolling in, but we stayed dry. Nice way to spend time after lunch.

It's off season now & nothing is open; I'm hoping all the trash we saw blew in w/the recent storms. I don't think I got much trash in the pics.

 

 

 

 

Mussels everywhere!

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[BetsyS.]

Your pizza looks good, but I agree with you about the oregano. When I make "English muffin pizzas" at home, I put oregano on them. I'm enjoying all your reports and pictures. Thank you!  

[smitty34877]

I enjoyed your trip report very much. Thanks for taking us along!

[Haljo1935]

28 minutes ago, smitty34877 said:

I enjoyed your trip report very much. Thanks for taking us along!

Thank you - I will get the remaining port pictures posted, so hope you'll check back.

[Cruisercl]

Your review is great! Thank you for taking the time to write it.

Welcome home. 😎

[Dismomx5]

Yes, thanks for taking us in your suitcase. I enjoyed memories and all the new ports.

[Haljo1935]

3 hours ago, Cruisercl said:

Your review is great! Thank you for taking the time to write it.

Welcome home. 😎

Thanks so much! I do have a couple more ports to post on and a wrap up, which I promise I will get done, so hope you'll check back.

[Haljo1935]

2 hours ago, Dismomx5 said:

Yes, thanks for taking us in your suitcase. I enjoyed memories and all the new ports.

Now I know why I had an extra suitcase, lol! Thanks for being here. I will get the remaining ports posted, so please check back.

Edited November 12, 2023 by Haljo1935
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[Haljo1935]

Great shots of local sites displayed in Explorations Central to watch while you wait at Shore Exc Desk. Most have multiple pictures, but I wasn't able to capture them all. These are in no particular order:

Also had their hours posted. Very helpful; probably more so if this was our itinerary.🤔

Such a lovely place to just chill and enjoy peaceful views- A few of the views from Explorations Central:

[Haljo1935]

A few misc pics of art from the ship. I planned on getting pictures from each deck, but somehow did not have time. Hopefully I will do that in a couple weeks during the Nov 26 cruise.

[BetsyS.]

Thanks for the pictures! That's very exciting that you will be on the ship again  in 2 weeks!  I hope they will have Christmas decorations up. I agree with you about Explorations Central! 😊

[Haljo1935]

Couple pics of the casino - should look different in a couple weeks after drydock. It's scheduled for expansion and new layout as the staircase by it gets removed.

Annex is very small:

[Haljo1935]

Just now, BetsyS. said:

Thanks for the pictures! That's very exciting that you will be on the ship again  in 2 weeks!  I hope they will have Christmas decorations up. I agree with you about Explorations Central! 😊

If they do it like last year, Christmas decorations will go up in waves with more out as the days progress. I'm excited to be on a ship that has Grand Dutch Cafe as the little separate room gets filled with a village - it's so pretty.

Pictures from last year are not on my phone, so tomorrow when I fire up the computer,  I'll look for them.

[Dismomx5]

1 hour ago, Haljo1935 said:

A few misc pics of art from the ship. I planned on getting pictures from each deck, but somehow did not have time. Hopefully I will do that in a couple weeks during the Nov 26 cruise.

 

I am the same! I always plan to get all the pics, but there are so many things to photograph, and so little time. And it doesn't matter if you are on a 7, 10, 20 or 28 day cruise!

[Haljo1935]

18 minutes ago, Dismomx5 said:

I am the same! I always plan to get all the pics, but there are so many things to photograph, and so little time. And it doesn't matter if you are on a 7, 10, 20 or 28 day cruise!

Exactly! Although longest I've ever done is 14 days.