Wow, all these stories of the GG and the Marconi bring back so many memories for me too. My parents my two brothers and I sailed from Melb to Naples on the 2Aug 1968...I was 9 years old and even though I was that young it had such a huge impact on my life...One whole month to get to Naples. I think my mother aged 10 years in that month and another 10 on the trip back to Melb. I've just checked out some of the photos of GG and cant believe how much I THOUGHT I remembered and in my childs eye I thought the ship was HUUUGE but its actually quite small! I remember the pool in rough seas had huge waves. I remember the crew going on strike in Las Palmas and the passengers being bused to a restaurant somewhere up in the mountains of Las Palmas (I hope thats what I remember). The passengers were not happy for those two days. I remember on our return trip an anouncement being made by the captain that the sister ship Marconi was about to sail past us...my brothers and I were so excited because we knew that at that moment our cousins the Martino's were on their way to Italy (or Melb, I dont remember which way we were going). Anyhow, I'm being a bit nostalgic lately because I'm about to take my 13 year old on her first cruise in two weeks time on the Pacific Sun, I just hope I dont age 10 years in one week!
Also, a big hello to the two Silvia's born on the Gallileo...how wonderful is that!?
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Wow, all these stories of the GG and the Marconi bring back so many memories for me too. My parents my two brothers and I sailed from Melb to Naples on the 2Aug 1968...I was 9 years old and even though I was that young it had such a huge impact on my life...One whole month to get to Naples. I think my mother aged 10 years in that month and another 10 on the trip back to Melb. I've just checked out some of the photos of GG and cant believe how much I THOUGHT I remembered and in my childs eye I thought the ship was HUUUGE but its actually quite small! I remember the pool in rough seas had huge waves. I remember the crew going on strike in Las Palmas and the passengers being bused to a restaurant somewhere up in the mountains of Las Palmas (I hope thats what I remember). The passengers were not happy for those two days. I remember on our return trip an anouncement being made by the captain that the sister ship Marconi was about to sail past us...my brothers and I were so excited because we knew that at that moment our cousins the Martino's were on their way to Italy (or Melb, I dont remember which way we were going). Anyhow, I'm being a bit nostalgic lately because I'm about to take my 13 year old on her first cruise in two weeks time on the Pacific Sun, I just hope I dont age 10 years in one week!
Also, a big hello to the two Silvia's born on the Gallileo...how wonderful is that!?