We had no plans for this port when we arrived at noon. We took a bus shuttle that HAL offered to get us to the old town. We walked around after the 2 1/2 mile bus trip when I noticed a bunch of people walking through this big stone archway. We headed that way and as soon as we got to the inside, we found a whole town inside the walls. No vehicles, just walking streets. The buildings were very old and beautiful. We found out that much of the town was damaged...

Well, I said she wouldn't want to return to the town today. Her knee was still bothering her. We had some breakfast and went onto the pier for a little free wifi. It wasn't long before the ship left at 2pm on its way to Croatia. We sat up in the Crows Nest bar on the 10th deck and watched as we sailed out of the Venice harbor out into the Mediterranean. Mom checked out the ship store when it opened but didn't buy anything. We watched a movie on TV...

We arrived in Venice in the morning and after breakfast, we headed out about 9:30am to the old town. We bought a ticket good for unlimited use on the public vaporetto and boarded it right at the harbor. It's about 25 minutes to St Marc Square, sort of the center of things. Once off the water taxi, we worked our way into the city, burrowing our way through the streets and alleys, over the arched bridges spanning various canals and attempting to avoid the hoard...

Today we slept in a little longer and got up to breakfast around 9. We returned to the stateroom. Mom cleaned up stuff while I watched TV. Then we went to a special invitational champagne luncheon held by the captain and received a nice gift. Then we attended a presentation on Holland America cruises. After that it was up to the Crows Nest bar for a couple of smoothies and Internet. We listened to a real good singer and guitar player for a while, went to buf...

Katakolon is a small town on the coast very near where the Olympics first began over 2000 years ago. It's about a 45 minute drive out to the site to see the ruins. Mom is getting tired of ruins. She says that if you want to see something ruined, check out my knee. Our next stop is Venice so in order to let her leg rested up, we skipped the history lesson and stayed in town where she just walked the 3 blocks of the Main Street.We arrived in this port later ...