Civitawhat?

So, we don't actually go to Rome on this cruise. We go to a port city called Civitavecchia. FROM Civitavecchia, you can take an hour train to Rome. Since I had a light day and am caught up on paperwork, I was hoping to go for most of the day. Unfortunately, I had to perform the weekly cabin inspection at 11, which means that if I took a train at 12 and got there around 1, it'd leave me about 4 hours in the city before I need to catch the train back. Also, it's raining and I'll be back here in 2 weeks, so I figure instead of spending money on a round trip train for a couple ohurs, I'll save it and spend a full day next time we're here. In the mean time, we'll be in Greece in 2 days and Alexandria, Egypt on Sunday. Crew can sign up to chapperone on passenger tours. Basically you get everyone on and off the bus and take notes on how the tour guide was, etc, and you can go for free. So, i've signed up to do a pyramid tour for free. I wno't find out til Saturday night which tour I'll get to so, but I signed up for 3 choices, so hopefully I'll get one of them. For those I've talked to before I came here, you know that Egypt was the place I'm most excited to visit.

I'm still in disbelief sometimes that I get to go to Egypt and Rome and Athens for free (actually, while getting paid), but days like yesterday remind me that I'm definitely earning it.

By the way, I accidentally logged off Skype (the password had been saved) and even though I reset the password so i know it's right, I can't log in anymore....I'm working on that.