A first trip ‘round the world, part 14

As I explained before, the Galileo-Galilei was a fairly large ship for its generation. 

It was in fact a floating village of almost 2,200 (up to 1,750 passengers and 443 crew members) that were supposed to live together for up to one month (in our case it quickly became 50 days, because of the crew strike). 

The tourist class cabins were small, quite pleasant, yet very comfortable, the food excellent, the ship clean and we all were treated very well, even in tourist class. 

In fact, the one-way fare for tourist class between Genoa and Melbourne was about $550 versus $630 in first, a very small difference in 1971 US Dollars. These fares would respectively amount to around $3,750 and $4,100 in today’s currency. 

What follows are some pictures illustrating the vessel...