Fascinating ways to make your feet hurt
Dubrovnik, Croatia…another bucket list visit. This cruise is awarding us a number of different venues never previously enjoyed. To be totally accurate, there are also some we Have been in the past. This time around allows more exploration of the surrounding areas for those particular ports of call. Today seemed like a day to change … Read more
I couldn’t bring myself to just make this part of the last posting. It really deserves an entry unto its own. I hope you will agree. There is little on a Princess Cruise ship to rival the experience one has attending Chef’s Table Lumiere. We have been fortunate enough to experience a few of these … Read more
Kotor, Montenegro…the only port that we actually need to tender to reach the city. I hesitate to admit that Kotor is the only city that I can associate with Montenegro and thought for the longest time it was the capital. Nope. That designation falls to Podgorica. The better part of the 20th century was spent … Read more
So now I finally have some down time to TRY to catch up on the blog. The real question is, how successful will I be? I spend the morning of day 9 wandering about searching for a reasonably quiet area. Although there is an enormous choice of locations, near a window or not, outside or … Read more
If this is Tuesday, it must be Livorno, Italy! A full day wine tour is just a few steps away. Off the ship (at a time of day I have tried to reserve for just opening my eyes) and there is our BellaItalia tour guide for the day – Massimo! Massimo is, at first glance … Read more
A smooth sail from Barcelona overnight brings us to Toulon, France. If the rest of our sailing days remain as tranquil we will consider ourselves very fortunate. As is a very normal occurrence our ship has docked early in the morning prior to any vacation-reasonable eye-opening time. After I crawl out of bed, carefully open … Read more
Once again, we have boarded the Regal Princess. This is our second sailing on this wonderful vessel, our first being in 2016. You can read about our short but very enjoyable journey here Reading through that post reminded me that I really haven’t posted anything about the ship itself. With that in mind I hope … Read more
Today (Saturday) is a very simple drive through the country side provided by a company called ‘With Locals’. Basically a guided tour by someone that actually Lives in the immediate area. Bob, our driver, picked us up directly from our hotel. As it was a Saturday it was much easier for him to do this, … Read more
Ok…let’s start with some frustration so I can just get it off my chest. First thing you will note is this post is a day late…and probably a dollar short relative to information contained and meaningful pictures. Why? Well, first it was a very looooooooooooong day. Couple that with the massive amounts of historical information … Read more
Our first full day in Barcelona starts with making sure everything is re-packed into our suitcases. Not that we had unpacked that much as we knew there would be a change in accommodations. A big change and one we had hoped to avoid, but as luck would have it, the room we wanted for the … Read more