Rome, the cradle of civilization. The eternal city itself, today since we have been to St. Peters in Rome on a previous tour we elected to explore the countryside around Rome, with all the history in the area it should be a very interesting day - more later. We left the Latzio region of Italy and headed into the "Green Heart of Italy" the Umbria region where we found a All town on a hilltop with an incredible Gothic Basilica - the town was a medical town and we...

Today we go to see Florence, Pisa, and Livorno. We will see works by the renaissance masters da Vinci, Michelangelo and Botticelli just for starters. Both Pam and I have been looking forward to this tour for a couple of days now. We have seen so much on this trip and yet we both expect that today will be a high point for us. As I wait at 7:49 AM we are just waiting for our tour to begin, I will add to this entry tonight and hope to post it then. Back on board an...

We just spent a full day in Sorento Italy and Capri and the ancient city of Pompeii - from current eye piping beauty to historical life of great significance and luxury - what a day !

It is now the morning of the 19th of May, and we have just sailed from Venice. I am sad to leave the city behind though I feel that we had a good two and a half days, maybe two total with the arrival so late on the sixteenth and the boarding process yesterday. We have seen many many sights in Venice and have some excellent memories to take with us. A tour of a glass blowing factory in Murano and the many long walks around Venice herself. The gondola ride which ...