Extraordinary

On our wanderings around the streets of the Old Quarter we came across one of the most beautiful and important churches in Southern Italy, The Cathedral of San Matteo (St Matthew), surely a jewel in Salerno's crown. We heard music and went inside, a wedding was in progress, from what we had noticed at the other weddings we saw, European ones tend to be very public affairs, so we just sat down. Well, they announced that Ave Maria was going to be sung and we were amazed to see that the bride was the singer. We have never heard Ave Maria sung so beautifully before, out of this world, we were both very emotional, near to tears, it was that powerful. I managed to speak to them later and the groom told me that she was a professional singer. I wasn't surprised by that. This encounter has to be one of the highlights of our cruise.