Kaylamaurine

Our day in Nafplio has been far less historic and more focused on helping the local Greek economy. We spent the morning shopping in the little boutique shops and had a wonderful Greek lunch! After lunch, we walked along the cliffs to a beautiful and serene beach. Last night was the deck BBQ on the boat, so Scott and I were both a little sluggish after partying a little too late last night. Yesterday afternoon we left Itea and passed through the Canal of Corinth on our route to Nafplio. The canal is 4 miles in length and 70 feet wide; barely wide enough to get the boat through! It was amazing to see from aboard and there were even some locals standing on a bridge above the canal watching! After passing through the canal we ... read more

We have arrived in Corfu, Greece where the weather has not been the most pleasant. It has been cloudy and rainy all day making it nice weather to relax after our active day yesterday in Kotor, Montenegro. Kotor was unexpectedly the most picturesque stop on our cruise thus far. We were absolutely blown away by the scenery in the area. We got up early to watch the arrival into port as it was a narrow passageway with beautiful mountains surrounding us. As we were pulling in I said to Scott “maybe we can find a nice hike somewhere nearby today”, well ask and you shall receive! As we pulled in we could see people hiking a trail on the mountain side behind the city to a fortress. We took the tender into town and hiked up ... read more

Our stop in Venice was nice however getting on the boat was very welcomed. After lugging our bags up and down stairs and all over the cobble stoned city sidewalks, we were very happy to hand them off to the cruise staff! We really enjoyed our first evening of walking the quiet evening streets and stumbling across an amazing restaurant with delicious and fresh seafood! Our Venetian style hotel was in a quieter part of town, which was a wonderful break from the crowded city streets. After checking out of our hotel the next morning, we enjoyed strolling around adoring the beautiful architecture and the Grand Canal. Amazing to think that this city was built so long ago and still exists with no wheeled vehicles of any kind! Everything and everyone is transported by boat or ... read more

The first leg of our journey is over…bitter sweet. Rome was way better than I had expected. Everyone told us that it is just a big city, which is true but add a whole lot of amazing character and unbelievable history. Oh, and not to mention the food everywhere was to die for. Our last day in Rome was spent touring the Colloseum and the rest of Old Rome including the Roman Forum and the Trevi Fountain. Not being much for history I didn’t have the highest expectations, but it was absolutely jaw dropping! To see things that are more than 2,000 years old is like nothing else! It was a little nerve racking once we realized there was a train strike which was affecting all the transportation in Rome making it extremely difficult to get ... read more

Our long layover in Tokyo was not as easy of a stop as we thought it was going to be. After a long day of flying with 3 connections, we finally landed in Tokyo at 10:30 at night. We were told that the subway system in Tokyo was very easy and we would have no troubles figuring out where to go. Well the person that told us that must have thought we could read Japanese! Not only was the subway system HUGE, we were having a hard time due to the lack of English signs. After asking multiple people, we finally figured out where we needed to go and purchased our tickets. Off to Asakusa (pronounced Ah-sucks-suh not as-ah-kuss-ah like we thought), but not without another struggle along the way. We had a train change and ... read more