Italy 2023: Day 3 Pisa & Peccioli homer, August 3, 2023August 8, 2023 We arrived early to Livorno but the busses took a while to get loaded and take us to our destination. We stopped for gelato at an amazing place called Bar La Terraza with majestic views of the Tuscan countryside. We decided to take a look at a few of the… Continue Reading
Italy 2023: Day 2 – Naples homer, August 1, 2023August 2, 2023 We arrived early in the morning to Naples. We drove about 40 minutes to Gragnano to visit an old pasta maker named Pastificio Cuomo. We got a tour of the facility and rich pasta making history of the area. This whole street had pasta vendors at one point but now… Continue Reading
Italy/Sicily 2023: Day 1 – Catania & Taormina homer, July 31, 2023August 1, 2023 We arrived at Catania at 7 am and this industrial port seemed a bit different than all the other ports we have visited. We are taking a bus later in the day to Taormina. There is a spectacular view of Mt Etna from the stern of the ship. We drove… Continue Reading
Malta 2023: Day 1 – Valletta & Ghadira (Malta) homer, July 31, 2023September 21, 2025 We arrived at Valletta Malta at sunrise like a ship scene in an episode of Game of Thrones, just wow. Our initial impression of this place was just wow. Just looking around we instantly felt we needed at least 3 days here instead of one. While we arrived early we… Continue Reading
Greece 2023: Day 4 Katakolon & Olympia homer, July 30, 2023July 30, 2023 We set off for Touris Club in Olympia for a fabulous meal. It was a 30 minute bus ride out from Katakolon to Olympia. We started with a cooking class, moved on to eating then finished with traditional Greek dancing. After lunch we stopped at a souvenir shop to pick… Continue Reading
Greece 2023: Day 3 – Delos & Mykonos homer, July 28, 2023July 3, 2025 Another early start today, we boarded a small boat at 7:40 am sans half the team (due to illness) to the island of Delos. This is the birthplace of Athena and one of the most important archaeological sites. Lots of walking and ancient history from 3000 to 8000 years ago…… Continue Reading
Greece 2023: Day 2 – Athens homer, July 27, 2023July 3, 2025 Our day started at 6 am since our bus to Athens left at 7:30 although we didn’t actually leave till 8 am. As you can imagine, the traffic in Athens was as bad as any typical city. We arrived at the Acropolis and had over an hour wait – too… Continue Reading
Greece 2023: Day 1 – Santorini homer, July 27, 2023July 3, 2025 We arrived at Santorini around noon today. We had to take a tender to shore then take a bus up to Santorini. Kudos to Norwegian on this for the sheer efficiency of getting so many people off the cruise ship in a short time. The cruise staff warned us that… Continue Reading
Greece 2023 – Day 0 (At Sea) homer, July 26, 2023July 3, 2025 We call this day zero because we left Rome at 5 pm and spent a day at sea heading to Santorini. We took advantage of some of the shows onboard to pass the time. We started with a magic show by J Alexander. J was a bit funny with his… Continue Reading
Rome 2023 – Day 5 homer, July 25, 2023July 3, 2025 We left Rome via a €350 Uber van to take us to Civitavecchia. The ride should have taken an hour but ended up 90 minutes due to traffic and road work but we finally made it onboard our ship. The check in process for luggage was simple enough but security… Continue Reading