Out of the cabin by 7:50 am and straight into the dining room for breakfast: eggs Benedict with smoked salmon. As we left, we noticed a queue for breakfast snaking through the ship. YES! We got in early enough!We went out on deck and watched the ship dock before returning to the lounge to wait for our turn to disembark. Exit time was delayed and we hoped collecting our bags and going through customs wouldn't take too long. We needn't have worried as it to...

After our long day and night we slept in until 9:00 am. We took our time getting showered and unpacked before reading the daily information sheet. At 9:45 I discovered that breakfast concluded at 10! I then read through all the meal information. Unlike other cruise ships, food is not as easy to come by out of "normal hours". Never mind, we found "late breakfast" out on deck. Italian of course, bread rolls, cold meat, cheese, fruit and cakes. I wasn't impresse...

Anthony left early in the morning to travel via Bologna to tour through the Ducati factory and museum. He really enjoyed seeing the manufacturing from start to finish before trying to move onto the Ferrari test track and museum. As he had trouble finding the test track he missed his slot but still managed to visit the museum.I, on the other hand, lazed around in the morning before checking out at 10:30 and wandering through Chioggia. Our hotel was overlooking the...

We awoke at sunrise to a beautiful day with equally gorgeous views. We had breakfast overlooking the lake then took off for Milan. Thank god it wasn't raining, but the road trip was still fairly precarious. The Italian drivers took it all in their stride and flew around the blind corners on the wrong side of the too narrow road with abandon. We were less cavalier. We were almost as stressed as the night before! Luckily this stretch wasn't as long (and it ...

We called an uber driver with the plan of going to the airport via Charles Bridge as although we saw it yesterday, we didn't get a chance to walk across it. When we asked the driver he was confused as we had booked for the airport, we explained that we did want to go to the airport, but via the bridge. He looked relieved, smiled and nodded his head, but our request was lost in translation! We didn't get to stop at the bridge, but we did get to the airport...