I've uploaded a bunch of pictures from our cruise. The slide shows are on the left by destination. Click on them and it will open up a Photobucket window where you can view them in full size.
Now I just need to get busy and start scrapbooking some!
However, in just a few short days (3 sleeps!) I'll be heading out to Metamora, Indiana to meet up with some fabulous friends.
If you are interested in seeing a little of Metamora, check out this YouTube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4my_iG71FA
Now to do some laundry so I'll have some clean clothes to wear...
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Friday, September 11, 2009
Home again!
We made it!!! Thankfully, the flight was uneventful -- a little delayed, but that was it.
The drive home was hard for me. I was concenred about Greg driving, since he took a sleeping pill when we got on the plane, but he didn't sleep, so I stayed awake to make sure he stayed awake.
We are both pretty exhausted. We've been up since about 1:30 am EST and although I did nap a little on the plane, it wasn't nearly enough after 3 nights of very little sleep. I hope to sleep better in my own bed tonite. I've already told Greg he can sleep in the other room so I can have a night of quiet... LOL
I'll attempt to post some pictures of our trip over the weekend. I don't remember how many pictures I've taken -- about 1500 or so (give or take). I won't post them all, but I'll pick out some key ones - with some notes.
If you followed this blog during our trip -- thank you! I'd hate to think I went to all that trouble for nothing! LOL Although it will help me with journaling my scrapbook pages when the time comes...
Anyways... it's 9:14 pm EST now and I really need to get some sleep!
Later!
The drive home was hard for me. I was concenred about Greg driving, since he took a sleeping pill when we got on the plane, but he didn't sleep, so I stayed awake to make sure he stayed awake.
We are both pretty exhausted. We've been up since about 1:30 am EST and although I did nap a little on the plane, it wasn't nearly enough after 3 nights of very little sleep. I hope to sleep better in my own bed tonite. I've already told Greg he can sleep in the other room so I can have a night of quiet... LOL
I'll attempt to post some pictures of our trip over the weekend. I don't remember how many pictures I've taken -- about 1500 or so (give or take). I won't post them all, but I'll pick out some key ones - with some notes.
If you followed this blog during our trip -- thank you! I'd hate to think I went to all that trouble for nothing! LOL Although it will help me with journaling my scrapbook pages when the time comes...
Anyways... it's 9:14 pm EST now and I really need to get some sleep!
Later!
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Homeward bound...
We have reached our final destination -- Madrid. We won´t be seeing much of it tho --- only what we saw driving around to find our hotel -- another adventure if map reading!! But we made it.
Both Greg and I have come down with a cold or something and we feel lousy. Also, Greg´s gout is really bothering him. We have no energy, so were just going to relax in our room. We found a market near by and bought some bread, meat and cheese and we´ll eat in our room. I´m going to bed real early tonite.
I think we´ll have to be up early tomorrow to give us enough time to find our way to the airport, turn in the car and get checked in.
I don´t know what time we arrive home tomorrow, but I believe it´s mid afternoon. ´
So my next post will be from home.
PS - a couple of things I forgot to tell you about
- while driving around Spain, we´d see these woman on the lower highways standing around waiting for a bus. It didn´t take long before we realized they were not waiting for a bus -- they were waiting for ´work´ !!
- there was something else, but I´ve already forgotton. Maybe when I get home...
Until then -- take care!!
Both Greg and I have come down with a cold or something and we feel lousy. Also, Greg´s gout is really bothering him. We have no energy, so were just going to relax in our room. We found a market near by and bought some bread, meat and cheese and we´ll eat in our room. I´m going to bed real early tonite.
I think we´ll have to be up early tomorrow to give us enough time to find our way to the airport, turn in the car and get checked in.
I don´t know what time we arrive home tomorrow, but I believe it´s mid afternoon. ´
So my next post will be from home.
PS - a couple of things I forgot to tell you about
- while driving around Spain, we´d see these woman on the lower highways standing around waiting for a bus. It didn´t take long before we realized they were not waiting for a bus -- they were waiting for ´work´ !!
- there was something else, but I´ve already forgotton. Maybe when I get home...
Until then -- take care!!
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
A Spanish Adventure...
Today was a day of learning.
We did manage to get out Valencia without any problems and we also made it to our hotel in Cartagena without issue. I can only hope that Madrid is as easy tomorrow!
The drive from Valencia and Cartagena was lovely. It was a little in the mountains (which Greg loved) and a little seaside. I loved all the terra cotta houses. I tried to get some pictures, but the are not very good.
By the way, I don´t think I mentioned what we´re driving in Spain. It´s a Citroen. I´m not sure what model, but it´s a good one -- fully loaded, leather seats and all. Greg preferred the Alfa we drove in Italy tho.
So anyways -- we arrived in Cartagena around 5:30 or so. We settled into our room and then headed out for dinner. We walked for about an hour, but could not find anything open. Went back to the hotel and asked. They told us about a place a few blocks away. Walked there -- not open unti 8pm. Walked back to the hotel and relaxed and went back just after 8. I guess the Spanish like to eat late. Also, there´s the ´siesta´ that they take in the afternoon. Everything is closed in the afternoon.
We didn´t experience this in Barcelona because where we were staying (Ramblas) is a big tourist attraction, so everything is open. By the time we got to Valencia and went for dinner it was after 8, so it never occured to us that nothing would be open at 6pm. Oh well. Now we know!
Anyways, we go to the restaurant. They pegged us as english speaking right away and brought both an english and spanish menu. There were no prices and the selections were -- interesting, to say the least. Beef, Ox, Duck, fish, and other stuff we weren´t sure of. So the waiter comes to take our order. I point to what I want -- asparagus salad and the beef. The waiter shuts the menu and starts to go, when Greg takes it from him and orders the pork. A few minutes later someone else comes to the table and asks if I ordered the Sea Bass. ????? No. So I open the menu and show him. He asks what kind of sauce... I pick one. A while later the asparagus salad comes -- which is white asparagus (never had that) with a red sauce. It was quite good. Then what we thought was my ´main course´comes out. They put down a plate with barely cooked slices of steak and then they put down a hot grill, sprinkled with sea salt. It´s a ´cook your own´meat deal. So I start to cook the beef, but nothing has been brought out for Greg. So we share the beef with the rockefort (sp?) sauce and an order of fries (I couldn´t understand anything else he said... LOL). Good thing we did share, because there was a LOT of meat and we were concerned that they would bring the pork out later -- but I guess they just ignored his order. So after some dessert (chocolate cake) and a shot of lemon snapps, we are now back at the hotel. Considering the language barrier, we managed ok... lol and we enjoyed the food!
As for Valencia and Cartegena, although I enjoyed the travelling between the two cities, the cities themselves are kind of boring. Not much to see. I have no pictures (except of the hotel) in Valencia and I have a picture of Greg in front of a fountain in Cartegena. Oh well. It was still a good journey.
Tomorrow I hope to get up early and head to straight to Madrid -- no scenic route. It´s 4.5 hours and I would like to do some touring around, since we won´t have any time on Friday. We have a 12:30ish flight back home.
Health wise -- my rash had pretty much gone away and the swelling is down -- but not gone. Greg´s gout is still here and really starting to both him. I think I may have a cold. My sinuses are bugging me and my throat is sore. It also might be because I didn´t sleep well last night. Hopefully tonite will be better and I´ll feel better in the morning.
Anyways -- just 2 more nights and then we are on our way home! I´m sad and glad at the same time. I would love to tour around some more, but I´m also looking forward to seeing my furbabies and sleeping in my own bed. Although knowing that Sweat Pea won´t be there will be sad... :-( Going back to work -- not looking forward to so much... lol
I´m sure I´m forgetting some other important piece of information that Greg wanted me to pass on. I´ll try to remember it and post tomorrow...
Well that´s it! Good night!
We did manage to get out Valencia without any problems and we also made it to our hotel in Cartagena without issue. I can only hope that Madrid is as easy tomorrow!
The drive from Valencia and Cartagena was lovely. It was a little in the mountains (which Greg loved) and a little seaside. I loved all the terra cotta houses. I tried to get some pictures, but the are not very good.
By the way, I don´t think I mentioned what we´re driving in Spain. It´s a Citroen. I´m not sure what model, but it´s a good one -- fully loaded, leather seats and all. Greg preferred the Alfa we drove in Italy tho.
So anyways -- we arrived in Cartagena around 5:30 or so. We settled into our room and then headed out for dinner. We walked for about an hour, but could not find anything open. Went back to the hotel and asked. They told us about a place a few blocks away. Walked there -- not open unti 8pm. Walked back to the hotel and relaxed and went back just after 8. I guess the Spanish like to eat late. Also, there´s the ´siesta´ that they take in the afternoon. Everything is closed in the afternoon.
We didn´t experience this in Barcelona because where we were staying (Ramblas) is a big tourist attraction, so everything is open. By the time we got to Valencia and went for dinner it was after 8, so it never occured to us that nothing would be open at 6pm. Oh well. Now we know!
Anyways, we go to the restaurant. They pegged us as english speaking right away and brought both an english and spanish menu. There were no prices and the selections were -- interesting, to say the least. Beef, Ox, Duck, fish, and other stuff we weren´t sure of. So the waiter comes to take our order. I point to what I want -- asparagus salad and the beef. The waiter shuts the menu and starts to go, when Greg takes it from him and orders the pork. A few minutes later someone else comes to the table and asks if I ordered the Sea Bass. ????? No. So I open the menu and show him. He asks what kind of sauce... I pick one. A while later the asparagus salad comes -- which is white asparagus (never had that) with a red sauce. It was quite good. Then what we thought was my ´main course´comes out. They put down a plate with barely cooked slices of steak and then they put down a hot grill, sprinkled with sea salt. It´s a ´cook your own´meat deal. So I start to cook the beef, but nothing has been brought out for Greg. So we share the beef with the rockefort (sp?) sauce and an order of fries (I couldn´t understand anything else he said... LOL). Good thing we did share, because there was a LOT of meat and we were concerned that they would bring the pork out later -- but I guess they just ignored his order. So after some dessert (chocolate cake) and a shot of lemon snapps, we are now back at the hotel. Considering the language barrier, we managed ok... lol and we enjoyed the food!
As for Valencia and Cartegena, although I enjoyed the travelling between the two cities, the cities themselves are kind of boring. Not much to see. I have no pictures (except of the hotel) in Valencia and I have a picture of Greg in front of a fountain in Cartegena. Oh well. It was still a good journey.
Tomorrow I hope to get up early and head to straight to Madrid -- no scenic route. It´s 4.5 hours and I would like to do some touring around, since we won´t have any time on Friday. We have a 12:30ish flight back home.
Health wise -- my rash had pretty much gone away and the swelling is down -- but not gone. Greg´s gout is still here and really starting to both him. I think I may have a cold. My sinuses are bugging me and my throat is sore. It also might be because I didn´t sleep well last night. Hopefully tonite will be better and I´ll feel better in the morning.
Anyways -- just 2 more nights and then we are on our way home! I´m sad and glad at the same time. I would love to tour around some more, but I´m also looking forward to seeing my furbabies and sleeping in my own bed. Although knowing that Sweat Pea won´t be there will be sad... :-( Going back to work -- not looking forward to so much... lol
I´m sure I´m forgetting some other important piece of information that Greg wanted me to pass on. I´ll try to remember it and post tomorrow...
Well that´s it! Good night!
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Valencia...
is quite nice. It is similar to Barcelona, but on a smaller scale.
Our drive to Valencia was uneventful - thankfully. We started with a smaller highway, but eventually moved to the main one. It was a nice drive. Spain is a beautiful country.
Once we got to Valencia, things were not so easy. I did have detailed instructions, but I cannot tell you how many times we went around the same traffic circle. We did eventually find our way tho. Then the trouble was parking. The parking for the hotel was full, so we ended up parking somewhere that was several blocks away. It was 8:30 by the time we got into our room. We then walked for 15 minutes to find a nice Italian restaurant for dinner. We just got back to our hotel.
Tomorrow I hope to see a little more of Valencia and then we will make our way to Cartagena, which is about 2.5 hours away.
It has been adventure.
Our drive to Valencia was uneventful - thankfully. We started with a smaller highway, but eventually moved to the main one. It was a nice drive. Spain is a beautiful country.
Once we got to Valencia, things were not so easy. I did have detailed instructions, but I cannot tell you how many times we went around the same traffic circle. We did eventually find our way tho. Then the trouble was parking. The parking for the hotel was full, so we ended up parking somewhere that was several blocks away. It was 8:30 by the time we got into our room. We then walked for 15 minutes to find a nice Italian restaurant for dinner. We just got back to our hotel.
Tomorrow I hope to see a little more of Valencia and then we will make our way to Cartagena, which is about 2.5 hours away.
It has been adventure.
Monday, September 7, 2009
I HEART Barcelona
i am going to apologize upfront for any typos... spanish keyboard -- things are not where you expect them to be...
anyways, we made it to Barcelona and I love it. I may wish that we had stayed a day longer...
We were up early -- had to be off the ship by 8:30. After collecting our luggage, we took a bus to Monserrat, which was very nice. The drive up there was incredible. Not one you would want to take being tired, drunk or talking on the cell phone. You need to be completely focused to drive that road, but there was some great scenery.
From there we went to the airport to get our car. It only took us 2 hours to find our hotel -- which was only 20 minutes away. We are getting better at finding our way.
Our hotel is in the Rambas (sp?) district which has lots of shops and food -- and a great market. We walked around and found some place to eat -- along with some Sangria. Greg went back to the room I wandered around some more. Did manage to get lost, but did ask someone and found my way back, but wow...what a wonderful city.
Tomorrow I hope to get to the Gothic district. Then we will make our way to Valencia -- about 3.5 hours away.
It is going on 9:30 pm and I'm heading back to the room for the night.
Have a great evening.
anyways, we made it to Barcelona and I love it. I may wish that we had stayed a day longer...
We were up early -- had to be off the ship by 8:30. After collecting our luggage, we took a bus to Monserrat, which was very nice. The drive up there was incredible. Not one you would want to take being tired, drunk or talking on the cell phone. You need to be completely focused to drive that road, but there was some great scenery.
From there we went to the airport to get our car. It only took us 2 hours to find our hotel -- which was only 20 minutes away. We are getting better at finding our way.
Our hotel is in the Rambas (sp?) district which has lots of shops and food -- and a great market. We walked around and found some place to eat -- along with some Sangria. Greg went back to the room I wandered around some more. Did manage to get lost, but did ask someone and found my way back, but wow...what a wonderful city.
Tomorrow I hope to get to the Gothic district. Then we will make our way to Valencia -- about 3.5 hours away.
It is going on 9:30 pm and I'm heading back to the room for the night.
Have a great evening.
Sunday, September 6, 2009
It's almost over...
It's our last day. It's been relaxing -- just hanging out -- doing a little bit of last minute shopping. I even played bingo today and won $108!!! Of course, I've already spent more then that at the casino... lol
I've already packed -- we have to have our bags out by 11pm tonite. We go for dinner at 9, so needed to get it all done beforehand.
Tomorrow we have our Montserat (sp?) excursion and then we'll get to explore Barcelona a little more. I believe our hotel is near the Gothic District, which is suppose to be really nice, so I'm looking forward to checking that out.
We are really going to miss our new friends from Brittan. We've really enjoyed spending time with them and hope that we'll stay in touch. I had suggested at dinner last night that we'll have to do dinner once a month via webcam or something... lol Time it so they are having a late dinner while we're having lunch or something.
Although the cruise is over, we still have a few days to explore Spain. We'll stay in Barcelona tomorrow night and then we're going to Valencia, which is about a 3.5 hour drive. We'll stay in Valencia and then we head to Cartagena for a night and then to Madrid.
Fortunatey, with the time difference, we leave on Friday afternoon, and arrive home on Friday afternoon! So we'll have a couple of days to recouperate before going back to work.
Anyways -- I'll update when I can over the next few days or I'll post when we get home.
Later!
I've already packed -- we have to have our bags out by 11pm tonite. We go for dinner at 9, so needed to get it all done beforehand.
Tomorrow we have our Montserat (sp?) excursion and then we'll get to explore Barcelona a little more. I believe our hotel is near the Gothic District, which is suppose to be really nice, so I'm looking forward to checking that out.
We are really going to miss our new friends from Brittan. We've really enjoyed spending time with them and hope that we'll stay in touch. I had suggested at dinner last night that we'll have to do dinner once a month via webcam or something... lol Time it so they are having a late dinner while we're having lunch or something.
Although the cruise is over, we still have a few days to explore Spain. We'll stay in Barcelona tomorrow night and then we're going to Valencia, which is about a 3.5 hour drive. We'll stay in Valencia and then we head to Cartagena for a night and then to Madrid.
Fortunatey, with the time difference, we leave on Friday afternoon, and arrive home on Friday afternoon! So we'll have a couple of days to recouperate before going back to work.
Anyways -- I'll update when I can over the next few days or I'll post when we get home.
Later!
Saturday, September 5, 2009
France
Today we were in France. What a great day! It was an early one tho... 7:15! I'm surprised Greg was so easy to wake up! LOL
We dropped anchor in Cannes. We tendered to shore where we took a bus to Nice -- the 'old city' which was really nice. Somewhat similar to Venice and Rome, without as much history, but still beautiful architecture. From there we went to Eze -- which is nicknamed the Eagle's Nest. It's an old town built in the side of a mountain. It was really nice! And the scenery from there of the coast -- French Riviera was really nice.
From Eze we went to Monaco and Monte Carlo. Completely different from Nice and Eze, but still very nice --- and very rich!! Greg was drooling over the cars we saw in Monte Carlo. As someone said -- there were more Bentleys than there are cabs in Britain! LOL
We've just left Cannes and now we are on our way to Barcelona -- and the end of our cruise. We are at sea all day tomorrow -- which I'm looking forward to and then we arrive in Barcelona on Monday. We've booked an excursion to Montserat (sp?) and then they'll take us to the airport where we will pick up our rental car. We'll be staying in Barcelona on Monday night and then from there we'll be heading to Valencia. Hopefully we'll have better luck with driving and directions than we did in Italy!
Just wanted to drop a note to Patti, Elia, Barb and the rest of the Nook staff. I'm so glad to hear that nobody was hurt at the store when the electrical fire happened. My thoughts are with you all. Big hugs!!!
Probably won't post tomorrow -- but who knows. I will have to get online to print directions, etc. I don't know if any of the hotels I've booked in Spain have internet access, so I don't know how many updates I'll be able to give, but if I can, I will, so keep checking!!
Have a wonderful day. I'm off to meet our British friends before we head for dinner.
We dropped anchor in Cannes. We tendered to shore where we took a bus to Nice -- the 'old city' which was really nice. Somewhat similar to Venice and Rome, without as much history, but still beautiful architecture. From there we went to Eze -- which is nicknamed the Eagle's Nest. It's an old town built in the side of a mountain. It was really nice! And the scenery from there of the coast -- French Riviera was really nice.
From Eze we went to Monaco and Monte Carlo. Completely different from Nice and Eze, but still very nice --- and very rich!! Greg was drooling over the cars we saw in Monte Carlo. As someone said -- there were more Bentleys than there are cabs in Britain! LOL
We've just left Cannes and now we are on our way to Barcelona -- and the end of our cruise. We are at sea all day tomorrow -- which I'm looking forward to and then we arrive in Barcelona on Monday. We've booked an excursion to Montserat (sp?) and then they'll take us to the airport where we will pick up our rental car. We'll be staying in Barcelona on Monday night and then from there we'll be heading to Valencia. Hopefully we'll have better luck with driving and directions than we did in Italy!
Just wanted to drop a note to Patti, Elia, Barb and the rest of the Nook staff. I'm so glad to hear that nobody was hurt at the store when the electrical fire happened. My thoughts are with you all. Big hugs!!!
Probably won't post tomorrow -- but who knows. I will have to get online to print directions, etc. I don't know if any of the hotels I've booked in Spain have internet access, so I don't know how many updates I'll be able to give, but if I can, I will, so keep checking!!
Have a wonderful day. I'm off to meet our British friends before we head for dinner.
Friday, September 4, 2009
Pisa and Florence
Today I was on my own. Greg wasn't interested -- he was too tired from Rome yesterday and we've seen Florence, so he stayed on board. He and our British friends went into Liverno in the afternoon for a late lunch.
I did go on the excursion, since we did pay for it! First it was an hour ride to Pisa. We had an hour there. Took all the pictures (although none of me 'holding it up', which is obviously the most popular pose) and did a little wandering around. From there we were about another hour to Florence. We had about 3.5 hours there. I walked around and took some pictures, but was concerned about getting lost and not finding my way back... lol and they are very strict about you getting back to the meeting point on time, or you have to find your own way back to the ship. Taxi would have been over 300 Euros! So I did a little shopping, bought some post cards, had some lunch and then it was the 1.5 hour journey back to the ship.
Tonite is our last formal night. I bought a shawl today to go with the dress I bought in Santorini.
The cruise is slowly coming to an end... :-(
My feet are still quite swollen and the rash doesn't look a whole lot better. I'm going for a foot message in 45 minutes. Hopefully that will help. I'm sure my last day at sea will help too, if I just stay off my feet and keep them elevated.
Anyways...it's been another great day. Tomorrow we are in Cannes, France. We are doing Monaco and Eze. Looking forward to that. Then it's a day at sea and then finally Barcelona.
Have a great afternoon/evening!
I did go on the excursion, since we did pay for it! First it was an hour ride to Pisa. We had an hour there. Took all the pictures (although none of me 'holding it up', which is obviously the most popular pose) and did a little wandering around. From there we were about another hour to Florence. We had about 3.5 hours there. I walked around and took some pictures, but was concerned about getting lost and not finding my way back... lol and they are very strict about you getting back to the meeting point on time, or you have to find your own way back to the ship. Taxi would have been over 300 Euros! So I did a little shopping, bought some post cards, had some lunch and then it was the 1.5 hour journey back to the ship.
Tonite is our last formal night. I bought a shawl today to go with the dress I bought in Santorini.
The cruise is slowly coming to an end... :-(
My feet are still quite swollen and the rash doesn't look a whole lot better. I'm going for a foot message in 45 minutes. Hopefully that will help. I'm sure my last day at sea will help too, if I just stay off my feet and keep them elevated.
Anyways...it's been another great day. Tomorrow we are in Cannes, France. We are doing Monaco and Eze. Looking forward to that. Then it's a day at sea and then finally Barcelona.
Have a great afternoon/evening!
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Rome...
It wasn't built in a day -- and it's not visited in a day either!
What loooonnnnggg day today was. We docked at Civi---- somethingorother early this morning. We then took a 1.5 hour bus ride to Rome. We bought tickets for one of those double decker tour buses where you can get on and off whenever you want. We toured all the 'typical' places (St. Peter's Square, Trevi Fountain, Colleseum). We then just wandered -- stopped for a nice lunch where I wrote out some postcards and popped them in the mail. :-)
All the historic roman architecture in this city is amazing. And I certainly enjoyed it more with someone driving the bus then I did when we arrived in Rome and drove around for 5 hours trying to find our hotel... lol I didn't take a lot of pictures tho...really hard to do, so I bought postcards instead. Plus I have all the pictures from when we were here 11 years ago.
We've just pulled out of port. We have dinner at 9pm, but we'll be on our own. Our table companions have booked into a restaurant onboard.
Tomorrow we dock in Liverno (I think that's right). From there we go see the Leaning Tower of Pisa. After that -- I think we in Florence, but I'm not sure. May just be back on the ship.
Greg's foot is better, however my rash isn't. It's spreading. Plus my feet/lower leg are swollen quite bad. Almost 3 x their normal size. Greg says I have Homer Simpson feet... :-/ I went to the spa after we got back on board and then put some cooling lotion and told me to go put my feet up for 15 minutes, which I did. I go back just before dinner for them to do it again. I've booked a foot message for 7pm tomorrow, which I'm sure will feel great after another long day.
Anyways...that's all the news for today. No casino yesterday and probably not today either. I'll make up for it later tho... ;-)
Ciao!
What loooonnnnggg day today was. We docked at Civi---- somethingorother early this morning. We then took a 1.5 hour bus ride to Rome. We bought tickets for one of those double decker tour buses where you can get on and off whenever you want. We toured all the 'typical' places (St. Peter's Square, Trevi Fountain, Colleseum). We then just wandered -- stopped for a nice lunch where I wrote out some postcards and popped them in the mail. :-)
All the historic roman architecture in this city is amazing. And I certainly enjoyed it more with someone driving the bus then I did when we arrived in Rome and drove around for 5 hours trying to find our hotel... lol I didn't take a lot of pictures tho...really hard to do, so I bought postcards instead. Plus I have all the pictures from when we were here 11 years ago.
We've just pulled out of port. We have dinner at 9pm, but we'll be on our own. Our table companions have booked into a restaurant onboard.
Tomorrow we dock in Liverno (I think that's right). From there we go see the Leaning Tower of Pisa. After that -- I think we in Florence, but I'm not sure. May just be back on the ship.
Greg's foot is better, however my rash isn't. It's spreading. Plus my feet/lower leg are swollen quite bad. Almost 3 x their normal size. Greg says I have Homer Simpson feet... :-/ I went to the spa after we got back on board and then put some cooling lotion and told me to go put my feet up for 15 minutes, which I did. I go back just before dinner for them to do it again. I've booked a foot message for 7pm tomorrow, which I'm sure will feel great after another long day.
Anyways...that's all the news for today. No casino yesterday and probably not today either. I'll make up for it later tho... ;-)
Ciao!
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Naples / Almafi Coast / Pompei
Not sure if I got Pompei spelled right...one P or two???? Anyways...
Today was another great day, but a bloody early start!!!
We started out on a bus to Solarno. From there we took a boat along that Almafi Coast to the town of Almafi where we had a little time for shoppping. Then back to Solarno. From there we went to Pompei, which was nice. The weather was very hot again.... about 32 degrees. After a couple of hours in Pompei, we went to a Cameo factory. Not big on Cameo's, so didn't buy anything there.
Got back to our cabin around 5:00. It's now going on 6pm. Going up on deck to take some pictures of Naples. Didn't see much of it at all today.
Didn't have much time for shopping, but I did manage to pick up a cute cotton dress that I'll wear for dinner tonite.
That's about it. We're meeting up with a dinner companions for before dinner drinks around 8:30.
Tomorrow we're in Rome. We'll be touring that on our own, since we've been there before. It should be a nice relaxing kind of day.
That's it for now. Have a great afternoon!!!
Oh yeah.... and Dann... you are my favorite... ;-) (that's for the others, assuming they read these blogs... lol)
Today was another great day, but a bloody early start!!!
We started out on a bus to Solarno. From there we took a boat along that Almafi Coast to the town of Almafi where we had a little time for shoppping. Then back to Solarno. From there we went to Pompei, which was nice. The weather was very hot again.... about 32 degrees. After a couple of hours in Pompei, we went to a Cameo factory. Not big on Cameo's, so didn't buy anything there.
Got back to our cabin around 5:00. It's now going on 6pm. Going up on deck to take some pictures of Naples. Didn't see much of it at all today.
Didn't have much time for shopping, but I did manage to pick up a cute cotton dress that I'll wear for dinner tonite.
That's about it. We're meeting up with a dinner companions for before dinner drinks around 8:30.
Tomorrow we're in Rome. We'll be touring that on our own, since we've been there before. It should be a nice relaxing kind of day.
That's it for now. Have a great afternoon!!!
Oh yeah.... and Dann... you are my favorite... ;-) (that's for the others, assuming they read these blogs... lol)
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Day At Sea...
It's a lazy day at sea today. Slept in after a late night. Just wandered around the ship, read for a while -- did some shopping. Bought a beautiful Italian silver watch.
It's formal dinner night tonight. Should be fun! Can't make it too late tho -- we have to be up and ready for 7:30 am tomorrow for our excursion in Naples. We are going to Pompeii.
Right now, as I'm sitting here, we are passing by or probably going around an island. I don't know what it is. I'm going to have to take a look at our map. It's too hazy for any decent photos tho. There are heavy clouds over the island. The sun is just setting (although not over the island....).
Speaking of sunset, I took some pictures yesterday as we were leaving Santorini. The sun did not set over the island of Santorini, but some of the other smaller ones. I did get some good pictures tho.
Well that's it for now. Not sure what time we get back tomorrow, but I may try and find some time to post before our dinner.
Have a great day!
It's formal dinner night tonight. Should be fun! Can't make it too late tho -- we have to be up and ready for 7:30 am tomorrow for our excursion in Naples. We are going to Pompeii.
Right now, as I'm sitting here, we are passing by or probably going around an island. I don't know what it is. I'm going to have to take a look at our map. It's too hazy for any decent photos tho. There are heavy clouds over the island. The sun is just setting (although not over the island....).
Speaking of sunset, I took some pictures yesterday as we were leaving Santorini. The sun did not set over the island of Santorini, but some of the other smaller ones. I did get some good pictures tho.
Well that's it for now. Not sure what time we get back tomorrow, but I may try and find some time to post before our dinner.
Have a great day!
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