Palma de Mallorca – Sacred and Secular
The old city of Palma de Mallorca is dominated by the 13th century Cathedral. You could not miss it as we sailed into the harbor. The shuttle bus took us […]
La Rambla Ramblin’
Another sunny day dawned as we docked in Barcelona under the familiar outlines of the Castell de Montjuic. Over behind the auto carrier ship we could see the city itself. […]
Lovely La Seyne sur Mer
We docked in the port of Toulon on the morning of November 7. The cold front had passed through the area, and it was a cool but bright morning. Since […]
Three Hours in Florence
It was a bumpy first night on the Mediterranean and as the ship pulled into La Spezia, the day dawned rather gloomy and damp. Not a good omen. But no […]
Civatavecchia – Embarkation and All That
As Rome woke up on Saturday morning and we got ready for our taxi ride to the ship, I stepped out on our postage stamp sized balcony for a photo […]
A Special Roman Day
We spent our second full day in Rome in some of our old familiar haunts. No Metro or meandering today. But there were a few surprises in store. We began […]
Metro and Mixup
Our first full day in Rome started with a short walk to the Spanish steps – just a couple of blocks from our hotel. Then we climbed up the steps […]
To Rome (and Back)
Well we’ve been away – most of the month in fact – but we’re back. In three weeks we visited: The UK Italy France Spain The US Now the only […]