Well , not really stormy, but still rough seas . People bouncing around, dishes sliding ... Perhaps a chance to do laundry! Laundry done - so we went to another art seminar - and yay - we didn't buy anything! But we won a free I framed piece of art so of course we had to purchase the framing (but still cheaper than Aaron Bros! .. and tonight was a formal night. We changed our table from an 8pm to a 6pm dinner - and we were assigned to a very lively table of 8. So...

We finished packing, went to the cafeteria for our morning coffee, called a taxi, said goodbye to our host, and off to Holland America's Rotterdam! It was a European style check in (a continuous cruise of varying lengths each leg) so check in was more then easy. It took all of 15 minutes including the standing in line - of which there was none. After unpacking our hand luggage, since our large suitcases had not yet arrived, we went up to the Lido deck for a bit o...

Does anybody else remember the Mickey mouse club on television? Or am I the oldest among us…. Never mind.. We took our time this morning getting out of the flat, wandered down to our little cafeteria for a light and late breakfast, and then walked to Lucia. Joey was very sweet – the woman we booked our bed and breakfast through as a women's clothes shop named Lucia, and I like so many of her things I got a whole outfit! Joey hung in there while I trie...

We slept for 12 hours! And boy did we need it after yesterday. It shouldn't have been such a difficult travel day, but apparently it was – we were exhausted. But we woke up bright and bushy tailed, the B&B provided a continental breakfast, and we walked out to explore the city. It is larger than I thought, but of course it is a port city. People are quite friendly and helpful, a good thing since I speak only a bit of Italian and Joey speaks none. In our...

Today is a travel day, from Paris to Rome to Civitavecchia. I had enough time at the airport for a - finally - manicure !! Two hours later we arrived in Rome, got our car service to drive us to civitavecchia. He wasn't completely familiar with the city, so After few starts and stops, we found the place. We were shown around, grabbed my coat, and walked out to the plaza by the water. we had dinner at a tourist place so it wasn't very special. We'll see what we com...