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 !

Istanbul was really really too much to take in in one short day. The Hagi Sofia , the blue mosque and many other sights simply overwhelmed me

Today we saw the house of St. Mary the Basicila of St. John and the ancient org city of Epheses which was incredible. I thought that Athens would be a high point but the port was infinitely more to take in and try to take in at once

We have had a wonderful trip at sea so far as we sail towards Greece. Here I am awake at 5:00 AM after our first formal day and the second day at sea, and the time changes have played a little fun with my sleep patterns. I decided to get up and enjoy a leisurely morning before our tour of Greece and let my poor wife try to sleep a little more. We have had one night of crazy dancing till the wee hours of the morning and one might of getting all dolled up and str...