July 1, 2014 Day 15 of our European Adventure Today when we got up we had to disembark the ship! We had an excursion planned & we were told our big luggage which we had packed the night before would be taken to the airport & we would pick it up there after our excursion! So we headed out to the bus for the excursion but we kept seeing everyone bringing their big luggage out & putting it under the bus! James went & asked some of them why they ...

June 30, 2014 Day 14 of our European adventure Today we met Carol & Rob for breakfast on the boat! We didn't have any tours scheduled so we ate a leisurely breakfast & decided to head into Toulon, France where we were docked to explore the town! (Carol & Rob went with us) We took a water shuttle in & bought some tickets to take a train ride around the town to see the highlights! They have lots of fountains in Toulon however they haven't taken g...

June 27, 2014 Day 12 of our European Adventure Today we arrived in Naples a bit later than anticipated so our excursion began about a 1/2 hour late! We boarded the bus & enjoyed a very scenic drive to Salerno! From there we got on a smaller boat & saw the incredible scenery of the Amalfi coast! We stopped in Amalfi for a short tour & some shopping time! They were celebrating the miracle of st. Andrew so the bells were ringing & there were s...

Day 11 since we left the good ole USA. James here - today is our 2nd full day at sea. Every one has been encouraged not to leave the ship today since the closest land is a long ways away. I got an extra special treat today I was one of only 12 people who got to take a mega tour of the ship. We went through what they called the galley but it looked like a big kitchen to me. :) they serve between 13-15 tons of food per day on this ship. (So the ship never gets ligh...

June 25, 2014--day 10 of our European adventure We arrived in Mykonos this morning! It was very hot already in the morning when we left for our tour! We traveled by bus to the other side of the island on very narrow streets! At one point we were passing a minivan & the driver of the minivan had to bend his mirror in so we didn't hit it!! We traveled to a beach & I got to wade in the Aegean sea which felt nice & cool! We also saw the island of Del...