Travels of Gary and Suann

We received early departure from the ship, and were off by 7 a.m.! Now given that we had so much luggage for the train, we took a limo back to Rome. The driver was waiting for us when we disembarked from the ship. We were at the Hotel DePretis by 9, luggage secured and off to complete our Rome tour. We had decided to go back to some of the places we had been on the Walking tour of Rome at Night. We wanted to visit the Panthenon. This was closed the evening we toured. This is a marvelous building built primarily of marble. There is an opening in the top (yes it does rain in!). The building is set up so the rain runs out across the marble. It is an amazing building. Creative architecture. ... read more

This is the last port day of a marvelous cruise with lots of ports. We are tired on this day and in no hurry to get up, around and off the ship. We have no plans with no tour scheduled.Though we could sleep in we are up early. Breakfast in our room, which you get nice choices on the Junior Suite menu. We take our time as we are thinking it might rain, though it clears off for us! So we disembark and for 3 Euro per person we have round trip tickets on the city bus to town then back. Not a bad deal.The bus drops you off in the heart of shopping. There is a very busy market with anything an everything imaginable for sale. From meats, vegetables, fruits to gift soap. This market ... read more

A Day in Ephesus, to walk where Paul walked and talked about in the Bible. This is the day we will cherish forever. This day is picture intensive. This day our tour will be with a private tour group arranged by a fellow Cruise Critic member on our Roll Call. We are to meet at 7 a.m. at the Promenade. Grumbling did take place to think we had to get up like going to work to meet for this tour! On the flip side and even then, knowing how important it is to get out early to avoid the congestion at Mary's House was important! We do have time to have some extra coffee at the Promenade Café and some breakfast sweets. We have our great water bottles, some rain ponchos and such in case of ... read more

Today is a day at sea. We sleep in at least until 6:30! We enjoy eating breakfast in the main dining room on these days. I personally love their Eggs Benedict with Hollandaise sauce. There is a nice buffet area with scrambled eggs, potatoes, fruit, breads you can get from the server, if you so desire. There are other breakfast items you can order also. Then off to the track to walk before our next adventure. It is windy and is challenging to walk but we do a good job! On this day we will meet up with people we have become friends with on www.cruisecritic.com and Royal Caribbean's Meet & Mingle Roll Call for our sailing. Royal Caribbean gives away gifts to each person. They had writing pads you carry around your neck to take ... read more

These are photos of our Train trip. I would not take the train if I had more than one medium suitcase. A backpack would be better from my thinking.... read more