Today is January 2, 2025…..Happy New Year!

We drove to Jeff and Kira’s house near Athens, Georgia yesterday and watched a great ASU - Texas football game.  Gotta love those Sun Devils! This morning Jeff took us to the Atlanta airport for our non-stop flight to Rome, Italy.  Upon arrival we checked our bags and headed to Delta’s Sky Club.  We had a nice snack/lunch and a toast to our upcoming four month adventure.  We will be boarding soon and I’m told the Georgia - Notre Dame should be on TV or WiFi on the plane.  Our flight will be around 9 hours and we will arrive in Rome around 8 AM tomorrow, local time. (Time difference of 7 hours ahead). We have a San Giorgio Hotel car picking us up from the Rome airport for the one hour drive to the port area of Civitavecchia where the hotel is.  We will spend one night there and board the ship the next morning, January 4, at 10 AM.  To be continued: