It's Wednesday and such a shame that today we leave Prague. Seriously could stay here another week. I guess our exploring was slowed down with the need for some rest buts we'll definitely be back. I've been really impressed with the staff in the hotel. The spoken English is excellent and customer service cannot be faulted. Even down to a lovely young guy named Tomas who explained the custom of getting a small glass of water with an espresso coffee. Excellen...

First impressions are an amazing thing. I guess we had built up ideas in our minds about what the ship would be like having seen a DVD and some booklets. But none of those can give the overall sensory experience of seeing the vessel from the bus and just looking at each other with our mouths open! Oh my goodness, this ship is spacious, beautifully decorated, comfort optimum, but not too opulent or over the top. Staff are seamless in their processes but also fu...

Our first full day in Prague. We woke up early after chatting with a couple that said the queues for breakfast start getting long by 7.30. We had a bus to catch by 8.30 so we didn't want to be late. We got to the breakfast at 7.00, had to wait a couple of minutes but got in and had a great breakfast, trying to pick who was on our tour and who we wished weren't. Sounds cruel but but some people just present as those you don't want to associate with - whether it b...

Well today is it - we leave Rome for Prague. Our flight leaves at 3.30pm and takes about 1.5 hours so should be in Prague by 5.00pm (we are on the same timezone throughout Europe). Dave our travel agent booked us into the smartwings lounge and suggested we get to the airport early and enjoy the comforts of the lounge rather than leave the travel plans till too late. Never a truer word spoken!!!!!! We had arranged to be picked up at our hotel at 11.00am for a h...

Our last full day in Rome. Our aim today is to try and see the things we want to but haven't yet seen and get some souvenirs. We have nothing planned just do as we please. Well..... we walked the streets of Rome scouring every laneway, sidestreet and market between Trevi Fountain and the Pantheon and several bits either side. We found things for everyone well at least we think we did - what did we get - well you will have to wait. We have had a wonderful time...