We slept in again – No judging please. This will be the first of three days here in Barcelona. It’s one of our favorite cities. We enjoyed breakfast in our room with the slider open to a bustling port. Folks leaving the ship and supplies being loaded. This is a tower for the funicular...
Continue readingWe have been so fortunate with our guides this Fall. Today’s guide, Simon, from “Simon Says Tours in Provence” is an absolute gem. He met us at the ship promptly at 10:00 a.m. and we headed off to Aix en Provence in a light drizzle. Simon and Tim joked about the lack of sunshine in...
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We slept in on our second day in Monaco. Breakfast in our cabin…it was too cool for the balcony. Overnight Serenity moved into port. No tendering today. A good thing because the waves were significantly greater than they were yesterday. After breakfast I headed to the gym and Timmy was off to the Library to...
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Captain Giske promised us rain for our first day in Monte Carlo, but we awoke to sunny skies and this view from the balcony. We were happy to enjoy our coffee and muffins watching the tender boats . We jumped on a tender around 11:00 am, then walked along the pier in search of...
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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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