19 Nov 2007
Travel
We were on our way to Genoa. Train reservations are a must – even so – the car was packed. So packed with people that all the large suitcases wound up out in the hall at parade rest up against the outside wall. Not an issue till someone tries to walk through the area, or worse, wheel a snack cart.
End result is that several of us wound up crouched on our seats with the center of the compartment filled with luggage. And wooden knitting needles don’t like to be stepped on.
We didn’t get a lot of time in Genoa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genoa and http://www.timeout.com/travel/genoa/intro.html ) since we elected to try and check in (ditch the luggage).
By the time we managed to do that – it hardly seemed worth the effort to go back into the city.
Besides, they were offering Free Lunch up in one of the dining areas.
The ship is the Sinfonia.
Also seen here, here and here,
Leading to this
and finally here – in the cheap seats!
Thank you for surviving all the pictures of the ship – I promise I won’t do that to you again.
There are the important things – like Genoa Harbor –
Or the nice starting digital map that is on several screens throughout the ship.
Socks
Wicked is finished.
So I pulled out Rivendell, going from a partial cuff to this –
to this
over the day. The detail on the top looks like this –
Audio Books
Finished Too Many Cooks – by Rex Stout. Written in 1938, the publisher notes at the beginning that there maybe portions that will offend most today. Rather than edit the book, the original has been left intact, feeling that the reader is able to distinguish and handle those parts themselves.
Nero Wolfe (the main character), besides being severely obsess, is a frank misogynist. Set in West Virginia, people of colour might not have been slaves, but the attitude toward them was less than sterling. I don’t think it hurts to be reminded of how much change we have seen in the last 60 years, both in attitude by the white male and in law.
-Holly
It looks like a lovely sock, but I can’t see the detail pic, gives me a 404 error. Oh well I’ll check it out when you get back from your trip on ravelry.