Rainy and chilly when we sailed into the beautiful harbor at Montenegro yesterday morning, but the rain stilled long enough for us to do a walking tour of Kotor. I’ve now officially been in more churches in just this week than I have been in the last five years. We toured the museum where I spotted a new potential faux relative. I’m calling her Sofia Trajicnik. She poisoned her husband Stefan after she caught him frolicking with the milkmaid, and then before the local magistrate could send her to the gaol, the nuns at Our Lady of the Rock spirited her away to their convent high on the mountaintop. Anyway…there are thousands of cats in Kotor, and the local red wine is powerful stuff. Today we anchor at Dubrovnik, where Mr. MKA’s people were from. Roughly. #windsurf #windstarcruises #seacruise

Perfect weather to explore beautiful Sardinia. Views of Mt. Etna, witnessing a wedding at a church on the square in Taormina, (we saw the train station where the scene from The Godfather was filmed when Al Pacino meets up with the radiant bride-to-be Diane Keaton) random alley cat, more gelato (because why not?) late lunch at a cafe featuring burrata so good all other burrata should be ashamed of themselves, watching the official sail-away as the #windsurf sails are unfurled and we get underway for Montenegro, Mr. MKA enjoying his afternoon bourbon, fabulous dinner ending with an amazeballs dark chocolate domed mousse situation. We might currently be in a food/wine coma. Buona notta! #windstarcruises #windsurf #anofferwecouldntrefuse

The day dawned bright and promising as we dropped anchor in Sorrento. Shopping and cafe sitting and church peeping in Positano. This church, Our Lady of the Assumption was gorgeous & featured a Byzantine icon from the 10th Century. And then…lighting & thunder and a torrential rain. #pouredoninpoitano #soakedinsorrento. The sea was so choppy the tender taking us back to our ship was delayed. Happily though, we made it safely back to ship. Delightful dinner & wine and then a little old folks musical trivia, because let’s face it, most of us are, ourselves Byzantine relics. Tomorrow we sail to Sardinia where one of us will NOT be eating sardines. #sailaway #windstarcruises #wondstarsurf