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Europe » Italy » Lazio » Civitavecchia May 9th 2008

Day 11 Back in Rome Well the cruise has finished and when we set out we weren't sure whether we'd love it or hate it. The 11 days were enough to convince us that saving for another cruise would be well worth while. Maybe the Inside Passage in Alaska would be good. Many of the other passengers told us how they had enjoyed that. Some may say that we spent most our trip visiting old buildings etc and that's true. But they all have so much history about them and we thoroughly enjoyed the cruise and everything about it. 11 days of just perfect weather, a five-star luxury ship and visits to wonderful places. The only negatives were a few loud, rude, self-important passengers and it's not hard to figure where they were from.... read more

Europe » Italy » Lazio » Civitavecchia April 30th 2008

The first of the cruise days and after killing some time around the neighborhood near our hotel, our hire car driver made good time (Italian drivers are maniacs) to the port city of Civitavecchia. Got through the security checks etc and boarded about 2.30 pm Much to our delight we had been upgraded from an outside cabin on the 1st deck to a cabin on the 5th floor with our own verandah. Mrs Burt got into a panic when our luggage failed to arrive after about 2 hours. We went for a pre-dinner drink and when we got back there were the bags as Geoff said they would be (smart arse) Casual dress tonight for a lovely dinner, but tomorrow we put on the glad rags for the first of the 3 formal dinner nights. We ... read more
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