This morning we said good bye to all of our friends on the beautiful Norwegian Jade. When I say friends, I mean not only Doug and Kristen, but Carol, Gusti, Radu, Joseph, Juan, Javier, Larry, good grief, the list could go on for days! Needless to say, we met lots of the staff and they were so amazing, they made this whole cruise even more enjoyable! But, Diana and I were headed back to Venice for another day, so we sent Doug and Kristen on their way back to Ph...

Today we had a relaxing morning in Venice in anticipation of the start of our cruise. We enjoyed a wonderful breakfast at the hotel and it was a beautiful morning for a walk along the Venice waterfront. There was a wonderful park near our hotel where we sat and people watched for a while.....lots of families out enjoying the beautiful day!We boarded our ship, the Norwegian Jade and spent much of the afternoon walking around the ship finding out where everything...

After a long morning of traveling, most likely getting off at the wrong stop and causing a much longer ride on the slow bus (all the better for sight seeing I guess!!), we're here and ready to start out adventure. Tonight we met the rest of out group for dinner along the waterfront. It was heavenly!! And of course, when in Italy, you must have gelato.......the flavor tonight.....Kit Kat. YUMMY. We took a little walk on the waterfront, but it's been a...