We’ve had some good laughs, met some amazing people, ate a lot of food and walked too many kilometers to count over the past two weeks. I’ve had so many highlights such as Barcelona and Gaudi AND Sagrada Familia. Absolutely loved Cagliari. Naples was fun but Pompeii awesome and Rome was fantastic. We had so much fun in Florence with Fabian and Charlene. The surprise … Continue reading Last day….in Istanbul

Wow. We had a VERY full day!!!! We woke up and had a great breakfast at the hotel on the top floor. When we finished, we went back to the room to get the camera bag and headed off to Topkapi. Let me just say, it’s a HUGE palace where the sultans ruled. Peter’s been there before. There are 4 areas. We spent the whole … Continue reading Istanbul (day 2)

I can’t believe our cruise is over!!! No, we did not sleep in at all. We got b&b up, dressed, packed the camera bag then headed off to Taste Restaurant for breakfast. Peter went first while I tried to wake up. Yes, I was of two minds but I did get up anyway. Had a croissant, strawberry yogurt then I ordered biscuits with gravy and … Continue reading Day 11 @ Palma de Mallorca

I slept in but Peter woke up and went to breakfast. Somehow, I managed to sleep like a pretzel and put a HUGE kink in my neck. I could barely look to the right. When Peter came back to then took, he massaged my neck. So grateful! We walked around, came back to the room and chilled. We had a very light lunch. We went … Continue reading Day 10 @ sea

(Day 9 @ SEA) I woke up early to take a shower and get ready for the day. Peter slept a tiny bit later. Once we were ready, we made our way to the Garden Cafe. I had a tiny breakfast and Peter decided not to have anything. Instead, he went to Ms Hazel’s room.to pick up information she had about how to get to … Continue reading Fabian & Charlene and Florence

It was so hard to get up this morning. It’s OUR 25th wedding anniversary! We are spending the day in Rome! It can’t get any better. We waited to have brekkie on the ship. Only Sheehans was open. There was only 1 waitress for all the people. We ate quickly and walked down to take the shuttle to the port entrance.  We ended up waiting … Continue reading Day 8 @ ROME

Due to costs and the Rand’s value being totally deplorable, I opted to not try Pompeii on my own. I was able to go through Sagrada Familia in Barcelona and that was enough. So, we got a good night’s rest, got dressed, had breakfast and we were about to go down to level 6 to disembark. We were surprised by Ms. Hazel. We met her … Continue reading Day 7 & Naples, Italy

We have slept in. No, it’s not noon. It’s still morning. Peter has gone back to sleep and I’m blogging. I hope that when we are at port tomorrow, I’ll find WiFi that won’t suck. Yesterday in Palermo, I found WiFi but this phone has a freak fest and shuts off. I’m most likely going to read for a while. We’ll most likely have a … Continue reading Day 6 @ sea

No sleeping in today. We woke up early, had breakfast and waited to disembark. We were able to get a map but it was poorly done. I had prepared a list of what I wanted to see but many weren’t marked on the map. We decided to just “wing it”. Off we went. Our first stop was the Opera House. It is the largest in … Continue reading Day 5 @ SEA and Palermo

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