Cruising the Med – Olbia 5/30/07

Today we visit Olbia Sardinia
Arrive: 8:00am
Depart: 6:00pm

Here are a couple facts (from the DCL website):

Olbia is a relaxing seaside village with white sand beaches and blue water. ” The territory of Olbia has been inhabited since the VIII Century B.C. although the city itself was founded by the Carthaginians no earlier than about VI Century B.C. Right from the beginning, the harbour was of significant importance to the city’s economy, especially due to its corn export industry which has constituted its main source of revenue.”

“The word “Olbia” means a “happy town” (cittÃ felice), even though the city’s past has been rather difficult. Olbia was destroyed and reconstructed many times throughout its history. This may be the reason for the loss of its original name, during various dominations of the area, which was finally regained in 1939. In the 60’s, Olbia underwent a real demographical boom and extensive tourism development of the area.”
The above exerpts are from the Sardegna Website.

In the morning, Linda did laundry and I caught up on blogging. I’m sure you’re tired of hearing this, but the connection just comes and goes frequently.

We felt this would make a perfect day to spend wandering around on our own. We were to join our friends Rob and Keith for a walking tour of the area and lunch. Unfortunately Keith hurt his knee badly when climbing Mt. Vesuvious the prior day. So instead of wandering around town, we dined at Lumieres and followed that with dessert and coffee at Cove CafÃ©. It was actually quite nice and low key as most folks were off the ship touring the island.

When we left Keith and Rob, Linda went to see the new Pirates movie and I took the opportunity to sleep for a couple hours. Linda said the movie was not at all was she was expecting, very hard to follow (in her opinion). As with previous movies, do stay thru the credits until the very end.

We saw the new show “The Art of Story”. This is a VERY loud show. We will say again, a VERY loud show. I’m not sure why it needed to be, but it is. The first song will make Hunchback fans very happy – it reminded me of the MGM Studios show. From there we went to a song from Mulan, then Tarzan, Beauty and the Beast and the Lion King. Each song was to represent a different element in story telling. Unfortunately, I didn’t quite get the connection. The show ended VERY strong with a song from the theatrical production of Lion King. The woman lead was awesome! Because it ended so wonderfully, I thought the show was great but my friends gave it a yawn. Ok, but nothing special. We all agreed, however, we want to see it again!!!

Drinks at Sessions.

Dinner with our friends at Lumiere’s where everyone shared their wonderful day on the island. All too soon it was time to depart and get ready for ROME!

Deb Daily Recap:
Highs: Final song in Art of the Story, Lunch with Keith and Rob
Lows: not really any, but wish I had gotten off the ship for a bit.

Linda Daily Recap:
Highs: Lunch with Rob and Keith
Lows: Doing laundry (packed and hot in the laundry room)

Deb and Linda – Life — IT Too Short!

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