Hello Messina, good to be here, but your no Mykonos!

We were still suffering the effects of this engine problem that the Corel Princess has been experiencing since we left Sydney.  Our stop in Mykonos was canceled due to our 24-hour late arrival in Aqaba and as a form of appeasement, Princess took us to Messina for a short stop docking at 3pm and sailing away at 9 pm to get us to Salerno on time.

A long time to spend in Messina, but not long enough to venture up to Taormina.  It would have been doable but rushed, and there is always the fear of traffic in Messina.

always a lovely sail into Messina

It has been around 6 months since we were last here and as we had a couple in our group nursing sporting injuries ( who ever thought that pickleball could be so dangerous), we decided to do a loop of the sights on the choo choo train.

The benefit was that it got us up to one of the nicest panorama lookouts of the city.

Note to self...... no more choo choo's ... too hard to take photos ...

Sacrario di Christo, the dome that can be seen from the ship as you sail in

magnificent view from the Terrace infront of the Church

Once back at the bottom we walked over to the cathedral and found a café where we enjoyed a yummy cannoli, a specialty of Sicily.

There was a wedding inside Cathedral today

The amazing Astromological clock at the Messina Cathedral

hmm Canoli

washed down with a spritz

After a little more walking we found a cute little restaurant and enjoyed a delicious dinner before walking back to the ship…..  short but sweet.

Delicious Mussel Pasta

our motley crew

More than happy to recommend this restaurant

Beautiful evening sailaway