Travel day for the Mediterranean trip! Two nights in Barcelona, then onto the cruise ship. Trying my new Biaggi suitcase. It holds a LOT. That is my checked bag, and I am using my grey travel tote with my purse in it. 30 folks on this trip with Sam and See The World Tours. This is my 5th trip with Sam. My last two scheduled trips were cancelled due to C19. Depart by air around 3pm to Dulles, then to Barcelona, Spain. Easy quick hop to Dulles airport, then a...

Up early, breakfast in the hotel courtyard at 7am, then suitcase drag to the bus to take us to the airport. Long, long travel day. The flight out of Toronto for Kathy and I was delayed, so I didn't walk in my door until 11:30pm (5:30am the next day in "body time"). Kathy's boyfriend, Jim, was kind enough to pick us up at the airport in Cleveland in one of his company's limousines, so it was a cushy ride home! This was a FABULOUS trip, even though my foot was k...

Today was our "free day" to do what we wanted in Rome, so Kathy and I, Sam and Virginia, and Elaine and Dave started walking around. Ended up back at the Campo del Fiore area where the merchants were all set-up in the square. I bought some small souvenirs. We ended up walking around looking for a gelato shop (like there isn't one every 10 feet), and we ended up at some ruins in the middle of town. There were a lot of cats milling around and Sam joked, "looks li...

We took taxis to Vatican city to meet up with our tour guide that we had at the Coliseum, Francisco. There was a very lonng line of people waiting to get in to see all the sights, but we were a tour group so we had an appointment so didn't have to wait very long. We received radios and earphones so we could hear Francisco since it was extremely crowded. Went through several halls of the Vatican Museum on our way to the Sistine Chapel. No photos are allowed in t...

Took a tour of Rome with our van driver, Franco, a retired police inspector, who had a great sense of humor, and spoke English very well. We went by the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, which is called the "wedding cake" building because it is so stunningly ornate. He pointed out the steps where single women walk up on their knees and pray for a husband at the top. I said, "let me out", and Franco said "no need, you can be my 3rd mistress!". We arrived at the Arch of...