We met our tour guide right outside the ship by our bus on ANOTHER gorgeous day! We have been so blessed with this amazing weather. Her name was Giordana, which is Italian for Jordan. She had an accent, but was pretty easy to understand and was our favorite guide of all. It was about a 30 minute drive to the city center of Pisa. Our bus dropped us off outside the walls of the city, and we had about a 15 minute walk to get to the sights. We passed through an old g...

After a quick breakfast, we met our tour guide outside the ship, and took off for a walking tour of Genoa (Genova as the Italians call it). This is another city built along the coast, although this one is the largest port city in all of Italy, which was a surprise to me. We walked quite a ways along the main freeway, which was very unimpressive. We finally came to the Aquarium, where she gave us a bathroom break. I was pretty frustrated at this point, wondering w...

We all woke up early to watch our "sail in" and it was really something to see! Even though Rich & I both have been to Venice twice before, we've never seen it from the viewpoint of a super cruise ship and the views were amazing! We were well about the rooftops and you could see city everywhere you looked. We sailed into the city being towed and actually wound thru on some of the larger canals to the port. We were all sporting our Longhorn shirts since Brian ...

We left port about 6:00 p.m. & headed out to sea. We couldn't believe how calm the water was. When we woke up this morning, it was a little choppier, but nothing to make the ship rock. We've been so lucky with both the weather & the calm seas. My cough was worse in spite of taking the antibiotics, so I took it easy. Teena, Brian & I went to see the head chef of the ship do a cooking demonstration & then got a peek at just one of the 9 galleys on t...

We left Naples on June 6th at 6:30 p.m. & headed for Santorini. This was our first "sea day", meaning we aren't going onshore all day. The seas were rough upon awakening & when I was working out that morning (the gym is located at the front of the ship), it was really rocking around. I was so glad that our cabins are located in the middle of the middle! Rich was feeling a little bit yucky, so he stayed in bed & slept while Teena & I went exploring...