Happy Halloween from Crystal Serenity. We had a quiet, restful day. I walked on the treadmill for an hour and did a little yoga for about 20 minutes in the gym. Salads in Marketplace for lunch, reading, napping and updating the blog. Dinner and a magnificent show topped off the...
Continue readingOur terrific guide, Leonardo Soricelli, met us on the dock in Livorno at 10:00 am in his super comfortable Mercedes. One of the reasons we prefer to engage private tour guides is the capability to set our own agenda. Here’s Tim and Leo in one of the many plazas. ...
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An hour and half drive through beautiful Tuscan vineyards and olive groves from Piombino Port finds you in Volterra. The Weather Chanel app predicted a light rain… we were so lucky that the rain passed before we arrived around 10:00 am. Although cloudy, we enjoyed beautiful vistas . Strolling through this postcard pretty...
Continue readingThe port of Civitavecchia is about one hour and twenty minutes from Rome. So because this leg of our cruise is very port intensive and we’ve been to Rome several times for extended visits, we stayed on board, slept in and pretty much loafed. I walked deck 7 for an hour and took these photos....
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Another lovely breakfast on the balcony…there is a trend here. We had a pretty nice view of an Azamara ship, and enjoyed watching the tender boats going back and forth to Sorrento. Vesuvius is on the left in the early morning mist. We arrived on deck 4 to take the tender boat to Sorrento....
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We were disappointed that our Port visit to Catania was cancelled due to high winds. We’d booked a tour via Viator (the tour consolidator) that included a visit to Etna and lunch and wine tasting at a winery. Tim was in contact with our guide…he too was disappointed. We enjoyed breakfast on the balcony...
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We began our day with breakfast on the balcony. I spent the morning with Matt in the salon. Cut, base color, highlights and I was good to go. Returning to the cabin, I read on the balcony,...
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We left the ship via tender around 9:00 am. There was no line for the cable car and within minutes we were at the top and heading for the Hertz office. We set out in a cute six speed auto for Santo Winery. We discovered this spot the last time we were on Santorini...
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We left the folks at the lovely Ava Hotel and arrived at the Cruise Ship Terminal shortly before noon. I always get a thrill when we first spy our ship. Crystal’s Serenity is a wonderful ship, we were looking forward to its recent refurbishment. Embarkation was already underway and a total...
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If we don’t engage a guide, we enjoy touring on Hop On Hop Off busses. We get a sense of the city and can visit major landmarks and attractions in an efficient manner. We loved today’s ride through Athens’ streets. Tons of traffic, especially scooters. Highly entertaining watching the scooters navigate...
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