FUN-travel: Venice to Venice Seabourn Cruise – Day 6 – Brindisi, Italy
October 12, 2013 by Susan Clarke
Day 25 – Thursday, October 10 – Seabourn Cruise Day 6 – Brindisi, Italy – blue skies, full on sun – high 70’s
What I LIKE
- 8:00 – really hot capp arrives
- 10:30 – walk off ship
- really cute, clean town w/palm tree lined main street
highpoints we see on our walking tour w/free map (& sooz as guide):
- duomo (biggest church)
- castello svevo (castle still used as military headquarters)
- chiesa di San Benedetto (church)
- chiesa di S. Giovanni (church)
- porta Napoli – (entrance from original walled city)
- olonne romane (Roman column)
- palazzo granafei-nervegna (palace)
- chiesa di Santa Lucia (church)
- loggia balsam (intricate carved stone building decoration)
- *12:20 – cappuccino break (really need to go potty)
- LAU – lunch as usual
- 4:00 – happy hour outside @ Sky bar
- 6:00 – sail away
- **7:30 – dinner Restaurant 2 – Indian Market – open to all passengers – buffet w/ lots of options like potato & chickpea tikki, chicken kebab masala, curried shrimp
- get side of red chili sauce
- WATCH – sit w/another nice Brit couple
- 10:00 – English comedian Martin Beaumont – pretty funny!
WATCH – What Are The Chances!
What I DON’T LIKE
- *luke warm
- 1:30 – white cottony clouds start appearing from distance
- **not spicy enough for us – so little disappointed w/lack of typical flavors
- 11:30 – rain yet again!
- 11:45 – need to go to sleep to get up for scenic cruising of Kotor bay
FUN-fact – Brindisi has been known as the “Gateway to the East” since ancient times, when it became an important port, first for the Roman troops, and later for the merchants of Venice.
