We sailed into Palermo after 8am. We sat on the balcony while the ship entered the port. We had ordered a light room service of coffee, fresh juice and a smoothy to enjoy at this time. The large cliffs were pretty while the sun was rising. As the ship docked, we went to the special breakfast for Celebrity Elite Captain's Club members. We had a cappuccino and an expresso with fresh squeezed orange juice. The fruit was good, but we would have liked to see a few hot food available with some smoked salmon.
After breakfast, we wandered off the ship. The port of Palermo if right next to the city. We walked into the city, intending to get a train to Cefalu. The train station was a longish thirty minute walk, or it would have been if we did not stop at a few fresh fruit markets and other street markets up a few side alleys off the main streets. When we got to the station, we decided that the return train would be too close to the ship's departure time. we did not want to chance missing the shp before two consecutive sea days. we decided instead to walk around the city, eventually relaxing at a coffee shop, where we could get our e-mails, enjoy and expresso and a cannoli.
We re-boarded the ship, heading up to the outdoors stern buffet for lunch. The ship was quiet, the weather was good and the healthy food choices were excellent. After our light lunch we returned to our cabin for a quick power nap, after which we spent an hour-and-a-half in the new ship's gym.
Canapes were delivered to our cabin to enjoy with tea. After cleaning up after gym, we went to the Sky Lounge on the fourteenth deck for Elite Club cocktails. We sat on a chaise lounge for two while the ship sailed out of Palermo. Beautiful!!
After a drink, we went to the dining room for dinner. We had seats adjacent to the window, which allowed us to enjoy the sunset while we had a delicious dinner. After dinner we went to the ship's theatre to listen to Katrina Jones entertain the passengers with her piano and singing skills. This was an excellent show. We enjoyed it thoroughly.
A good first day of the Holyland Cruise!
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