Syracuse (Sara Goose Ah) Sicily

Syracuse (Sara Goose Ah) Sicily. We have been to Sicily before but not at this port. In the past we docked but this time we had to use tenders. We were only here from 9:30 AM to 3:00 PM. Just after we anchored it was announced they changed their minds and decided not to let the ship use it’s own tenders and could only use the local ones so they could make more money on us. That is how it was announced.

We waited to about 10:30 AM to go ashore. Their tenders were old pieces of junk that would only hold 40 people maximum. Once ashore there was pretty much nothing to look at. There were some taxis but they wanted 80 Euro an hour and there was no way I was getting ripped off for that much. There was a horse cart that could seat about 8 and wanted 50 Euro per couple if shared. They wouldn’t take dollars and the bank would not exchange money if you did not have a passport. The ship did not give us our passports.

We just walked over a bridge and when we still saw nothing to see we went back to the ship.

Tonight we all had dinner at Signatures with the Browns from One Island Place in Aventura.. They will be leaving in Rome on the day after tomorrow.

Tonight, at about 10:00 PM we passed the island of Stromboli. The volcano there is erupting and the captain stopped so we could see the fire works at night. It was something to see in the darkness.

On the way back to the room the Rabbi waylaid us and we were shanghaied into reading at tomorrows Seder.

Shanghaied Sherm Out