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Today I did not even touch my camera! We just worked around the house and got things ready for the upcoming adventure. We watched some TV, walked the garden, and straightened things up for tomorrow’s visit with David, Mary’s son, and his family! Some days can be just for relaxing; after all, we are retired.
Since the little boys are coming over tomorrow, Mary decided to make “spider eggs,” but she forgot how she did them. The Daily Diary to the rescue. Guess who gets to chop up the black olives??
Before going to bed, I checked my email and messages, and Colleen found a good picture of my father somewhere on my website (the site has almost 10,000 pages; sometimes I forget where I put things). Happy birthday, Dad; you look pretty darn good for 120 years old!
I have fond memories of Dad and I traveling all over central Europe in the summer of 1961. Dad liked to travel, Mom stayed home, and Dad and I saw the world!
Here is some trivia about the MSS or SS Vulcania:
- SS Vulcania was an Italian ocean liner built for Cosulich Line.
- She was launched in 1926 and entered service in 1928.
- Her sister ship was the SS Saturnia.
- Vulcania operated mainly on routes between Italy and the Americas, including transatlantic passenger service.
- She was built by Cantiere Navale Triestino in Monfalcone, Italy.
- The ship was powered by diesel engines, so despite often being called a “steamship,” she was technically a motor ship, sometimes styled MS Vulcania.
- During World War II, she was used in wartime service and later returned to civilian passenger operations.
- After the war, Vulcania helped transport many emigrants and displaced persons from Europe to North and South America.
- She remained in service for decades before being scrapped in the 1970s.
Good night, all!!
