We awoke early, our bags had already been taken, left in the hall last night to be taken ashore by the porters. We still had our carry-ons and they too were packed. Clothes for today had been set aside. The Cruise Director had made no announcement warning people to be sure and not pack “all” of your clothes, as some previous passengers have indeed woken up to discover that they literally had nothing to wear ashore! The Lido was dead when it opened at 6 am; despite, some people having very early departures. We could sit anywhere we wanted to! I chose the Eggs Benedict, hey, I’m on an egg-streak, why stop now! Sharon had a small amount of French toast and some potatoes the way that she likes them… just potatoes. They must have run ... read more

We had breakfast in the Lido before we needed to be in the Showroom for our tour around 8 AM. I just had some potatoes and sausage and a couple of rolls; while, Sharon had some French toast. The room was packed as we arrived, and we were given our tour sticker at the door because St. Tropez is a tender port. We had to wait a few minutes while the five groups ahead of us headed to shore first. Somehow the group after us leapfrogged ahead of us to get the next bus; and, we had to wait for the next bus to be allowed to enter the port-dock area. We could see it waiting at the red and white striped gate just a couple hundred feet away. When another bus left, there was room ... read more

We slept well after our day ashore in Rome. Our plan was to meet Ruth and her friends around 8 AM in the Main Lobby, and join them for a tour to Lucca and Vicci scheduled to start at 8 AM ashore. Ruth figured the guide would wait we could blame it on needing to wait for the elevators to get the two scooters down and she didn’t want to be rushed. I told Sharon that we should probably get there before 8 PM or Ruth would be telling the guide that they had to wait for us! Sharon said no, so we took our time in the Lido getting our typical Lido breakfast. When we got to the Lido we noticed that we were still at sea, and our daily planner said that would should ... read more

We went to the Lido this morning for breakfast. We’d arranged to go on a private tour with Ruth and her travelling companions. They chose to disembark a bit after the early rush for those leaving on tour, and scheduled our driver/guide to meet us around 9AM. I had only a couple of fresh rolls, a couple of those demitasse cups of Swiss muesli and some potatoes and two sausage patties. Sharon had only white toast and some potatoes with apple juice. I opted for an individual carton of chocolate milk, with writing in German and seemed to be claiming 3.5% milk fat. We had a bit of time to kill, and with our hectic schedule today, we had almost an hour to kill before we had to meet in the Main Deck atrium to disembark ... read more

The today ON LOCATION predicted “Thundershowers” for our stop on the Island of Corfu in Greece today. From the Lido things didn’t look promising and there were still 5 to 10 foot seas. Several squalls had passed over us during the night, and another was approaching for later this afternoon. I decided to have scrambled eggs with link sausage and they had Sharon’s favorite multi-colored pan-fried potatoes (potatoes, sweet potatoes and I think even some blue potatoes… or maybe they were just burnt). I’m kidding about these being Sharon’s favorite because I can see her heart sink when they have nothing but these. During our meal in the Lido the captain announced over the P.A. system our position, weather conditions, course and speed, and oh yes, no port of call today. All tours have been cancelled ... read more