On Wednesday, we went from the Tirenian Sea to the Mediterranean… and later into the Aegean.
We sailed by Stromboli volcano about sunrise.
About noon we got to the Straits of Messina, separating Sicily and mainland Italy. When Scott was on the USS Detroit he remembered going through here often. While the small boys went into Naples, Detroit would go to Augsta Bay and refuel, then meet up with the ships and refuel them as they headed back into the Med. He remembered Messina as a small fishing village, and was surprised to see how much the area had changed… high rise buildings, ferries going back and forth, big wide freeways winding up the hills. 
We saw Mount Etna… at least the lower third of it. Then we turned left and headed for Greece.
Unfortunately, the threats of strikes in Athens caused NCL to cancel our port visit there. (All the historical sites would have been closed and the transportation systems compromised.) Instead, the captain announced we would be visiting Crete. More to come...
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