Hey Everybody! Started my tour walking out of the cruise terminal. Walked all the way around to Via Roma (BIG SHOPPING STREET) and the batteries in my camera die on me. Had to walk all the way back to the ship. I hated this because my roommate was going to take a paid tour today, but it wasn't until later in the day, so you all know she wanted to tag along. And I gave her quick lessons on the use of her movie camera, but she actually wanted me to do the filmi...

EnlargeClose Hey Everybody! Sorry, just getting a chance to tell you a little about my day in Rome. We took the train into Rome. Public transportation has been extremely easy to use. And the people are always willing to help. Today I tried the Hop-on-Hop-off buses, which turned out to be a great idea. These buses give you a chance to jump off at any site and hop on a bus going to my next destination. My first stop of the day was the Colosseum/P...

Hey Everybody! Today was Florence, Italy. We took the train from Livorno into Florence. We stopped at The Duomo, took millions of pictures. Didn't get a chance to climb the bell tower. But the church itself was magnificent. Made out way down to the fountain of Neptune, which was just breathtaking. We walked back to the train station stopping by the Scuderi Bakery, which had some of the most delicious Italian pastries I have ever tasted. I think I spent a...

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Hi Everybody! Today I really planned to get out early; however, I had a tag-a-long that set me back. Don't get me wrong, my roommate is a very nice woman, but I wore her out today. First, she was hesitant to go with me because I was using public transportation. Then she had to eat breakfast. You all know when I have a plan to do something, there's no time for food. So I had to wait on her. We took the tender in to Villefranche, walked up to the train stati...