Overnight cruise

Pompei was great but the tour now had a treat for us.  We were to have a cabin on a large Ferry.  This was a overnight ferry to Palmero, Sicily.  It was a big ferry and it had rooms with bathrooms for all the people on the tour.  There was about 44 in the tour.  Other passengers also on the ferry had rooms, and others just slept on the couchs in the club and recreation area of the ship.  We got on the boat about 730.  It was dark and we really did not see much.  It took a long time for the ferry to load and we watched as friendly dogs wandered around the ship yard.  It was as if they were there to supervise the loading of the ferry and greet the passengers.  I counted 9 dogs.  It seems that dogs are allowed to run free in Italy.  This was the first time we saw dogs running free and they seemed very friendly.