Category: Travel Journey
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Rome, Italy. Day 81 April 10, 2023
Rome, The Eternal City! Trevi Fountain, the Colosseum, St. Peter’s Basilica, the Pantheon, the Spanish Steps, Piazza Navona, the Forum, and the awes-inspiring art including the Pieta, and the Sistine Chapel. Viva Roma!🇮🇹🇮🇹🇮🇹 This was my 4th or 5th time in Rome. Barry has also been here multiple times. Still a world cruise wouldn’t be…
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Naples, Italy Day 80 April 9, 2023 Happy Easter Sunday
Italy’s third largest city, Naples is a bustling metropolis famed for it’s statly buildings, crowded streets, the birthplace of pizza, and notoriously bad traffic. The crosswalks are marked for decoration! Yes, we got honked at. Nearby are Pompei, the Amalfi Coast, and Sorrento. Fortunately, I have been to all of those before! However, this is…
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Sicily: Catania, Italy Day 79 April 8, 2023
My first visit to Sicily! Beautiful architecture. Greeks, Romans, and Arabs have influenced this island off the toe of Italy’s “boot!” Catania has been destroyed by Mt. Etna 6 times, most recently in the 1600’s. Easy Catania was our tour. Quick bus ride, walk along the coast to an ancient fortress, then city drive, followed…
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Valletta, Malta Day 78 April 7, 2023
We are docked in the Grand Harbor along side the ancient ruins of the city walls. It’s beautiful here. This is my first time in Malta! We can see cafes, and shops including a Starbucks. 🙄😳😉 We took the the Barracca Lift up to the Upper Barracca Gardens. Walked around and did a little shopping.…
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Kotor, Montenegro Day 76 April 5, 2023
Kotor by Tuk Tuk! We rode all around the Bay of Kotor riding in a 6 guest Tuk Tuk vehicle. Just imagine a 6 passenger, street legal golf cart with plastic zipper windows and walls. It would have been wonderful if the weather was more pleasant. It was 41 degrees Fahrenheit. Quite chilly. 🥶 But…
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Slovenia & Croatia cancelled Day 74, April 3, 2023
Last night, April second, the captain announced the change to our itinerary. There is a storm with 50mph winds coming to the Adriatic sea. So Slovenia and Croatia ports are canceled. We may still hit “some rough seas, but avoid the worst of the weather.” We will get underway at noon today and head for…
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Ravenna, Italy Day 72 April 1, 2023
Princess Cruises changed our itinerary from Venice to Ravenna. This is not an April fool’s joke. The change occurred well before the cruise began. Cruise ships are currently not allowed to enter the canal into Venice. I have been to Venice twice before, so it’s not a problem. I’m on vacation, it’s all good! The…
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Sparta, Greece Day 70 March 30, 2023
The Liotrivi Mansion. (The home is the beloved country estate of Nobel Prize nominee, Giannis Ritsos.) The mansion has been converted into a traditional olive oil mill of the 1930’s era and offers a glimpse of a typical Greek life a century ago. We were treated to a talk about the health benefits of consuming…
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Ephesus, Turkey Day 69, March 29, 2023
Ephesus was an ancient Greek city, then a major Roman provincial capital, making it a fascinating archaeological site. By the 2nd century the population was over 300,000. The major sites are the Great Theatre, the Roman Imperial Temple of Hadrian, the Fountain of Trajan, the Odeum, and the Celsus Library. House of the Virgin Mary:…
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Jerusalem, Israel Day 67 March 27, 2023
Jerusalem is one of the holiest cities in the world. This is where the Jews built their sacred Temple, Mohammed rose to heaven, and Jesus was crucified. The Island Princess docked in Ashdod, Israel. We toured Jerusalem visiting the “Old City” including the Western Wall, the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Mt. Olives, the Via…
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