This is to be a day of driving. Our plan is to drive to Ancona today, where we will check on a ferry to Croatia. We have never been there before, so this will be a new experience.
We got up at 8:30 and went down to breakfast, where Lonnie had cornflakes with milk, and I had muesli with yogurt. We didn't get away from the hotel until after 11. Since then we have been on the interstate. Right now we are pulled over on the side of the road so that Lonnie can nap. Since his esophagus hurts, he hasn't been eating much of anything so he is tired. I am still praying that it will get better so that he can enjoy the trip more.
We made it to Ancona with plenty of time to spare. We finally found the ferry station and got tickets for the Blue Line ferry to Croatia. We couldn't get a cabin so we will be sleeping in airplane seats. Lonnie is not really happy about it, but I figured it would be better than driving two days to get there. It is a 10 hour ferry ride, so we will see how it goes.
I am sitting in reception waiting for Lonnie to come. They would not let me stay in the car with him so I have been on the boat for over an hour now while he waits outside to bring the car on. A very nice lady sat down and started to talk to me. I obviously could not understand a word she said. After sitting here watching everyone check in, I fully believe that we are the only ones on this boat that speak English except for a very few of the workers. Most speak Italian, with some speaking what I can only guess is Croatian. Lonnie is still not here snd it is time for the ferry to pull out. Should I be nervous?
Lonnie finally showed up about
2 1/2 hours after I got on board. They had to load all of the semi trucks and tour busses before they would let the cars on. He asked at reception if there hsd been any room cancellations, but theee hadn't. I showed him where our seats were, then we went to look for food. All of a sudden, Lonnie realized that he had left his new Galaxy Tab in the seat and ran back to see if it was still there. Since I had chosen seats in the back and it was really dark back there, no one had noticed it yet. I'm glad he thought of it before everyone decided to retire for the night.
Now we are in the restaurant waiting for our food. I hope it is good.
My meal on the ferry turned out to be one of the best meals that I have had this trip. Who would have thought it. I had a salad, grilled chicken, and grilled vegetables. Lonnie ordered tomato soup which smelled very good, but he got sick after the first bite and couldn't finish it. He is really starting to worry me. I was hoping he would be better by now but he's not. I ask him every day if he wants to go back to Zurich and fly home but he says he would rather feel bad here than at home. We both know he would probably be in the hospital at home (at least for tests if nothing else). It is really kind of scary.
Well the boat is about to rock me to sleep, so I guess we need to pay for our food then make our way to our airplane seats and go to sleep.
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