Sailing from Roma to Barcelona

We are sitting in the bar by the swimming pool (complete with calypso music) on the deck of a cruise ship doing ferry duty. We spent the night in a small ship's cabin with 2 very good beds and a cute little bathroom.
We didn't get to see anything of Roma except the horrendous traffic getting to the train station and finding the garage to turn in the car at the central train station. There we were, stuck with our bags, and Manfred wanted to get to the port city, Cititavecchia, where our ship the "Cruise Roma", was to depart. So we took the train there, a short taxi ride to the port , and then waited, tied to our bags in a small terminal, for over 4 hours, until the ship was ready to board, at 8:30 pm. After that, it was nice, exploring the ship and having dinner, watching the port disappear, etc. It is really a nice 20 hr. mini-cruise.

Manfred's addition -- We ate à la carte, hamburger w/ fries and drink, €7, spaghetti €6.50. We met a cute Korean girl, traveling alone thru Europe. Had a great night's sleep. I got up at 6:30 am to watch the dock operations on the Sardinia stop, the sun came up, some clouds, warm breeze and the first cup of cafe con latte. We à-la-carted it again for a simple breakfast, cafe con latte, €1.50 ea., omelette to order €4 (finally, eggs!), and fresh-squeezed O.J. €3. You can't think of Euros as dollars, there is always that +50% lurking in the corner!!