Joey wants me to tell you how impressed he is with the harbor! So we are out in a taxi to find the heating pad and it turns out it is Greek Easter- we sure picked the period to travel! Went to the largest pharmacy in Piraeus and no heating pads. They suggested electrical shop. Our driver called his son is studying medicine, who suggested a medical supply shop! Why didn't I think of that? Vacation brain... We had to go into Athens to find an electric shop - and no...

Today was a tender day with a late arrival, so we had breakfast a the dining room and went to another art event. There were less than 10 people so didn't do an actual auction; they brought out champagne and offered the mystery pieces at a low price. Then a quick lunch and onto the tender for Santorini. I must say Santorini was not as I expected; no foliage, lots of trinket stores, and lots of stairs... But the views were gorgeous. While of course we are here for ...

After a reasonably pleasant night of sleep, we woke and had breakfast in the dining room, then searched for the iLounge to set up our computer accounts for the voyage. Happily, we found that when we booked, we received the special bonus of unlimited wifi! You can contact us whenever we aren't sleeping .. This afternoon was the first art auction.  We love to see the new pieces being offered.. Joey won a free artwork, so after a dinner at the suites resta...

Today we transitioned from the hotel in Rome to the ship in Civitavecchia. Before we left the hotel, however, we wanted to stop at a Bancomat for some euros .. because of the weekend, the machines were out of money. so we were able to cobble together enough between the four ofd us to pay the driver taking us to the ship in Civitavecchia, drop our luggage at the ship, and walk into Civitavecchia in search of a less-used Bancomat and perhaps a few bottles of Amaron...

OK, our tour concierge said we'd been going great guns, but we should rest Sunday morning. And we sort of agreed; we were exhausted. So we kicked back, leisurely morning. But I contacted our wonderful personal shopper Barbara to see if Joey and I could do a quick shopping before the concierge arranged a tour of the Jewish Ghetto and Trastavere. Barbara was available, and drove us to a wonderful handmade shoe outlet where I purchased shoes and a handbag...then we ...