Day Eighteen. Liverno Italy. After the rat race and hustle and bustle of Rome, we were looking forward to exploring the Tuscan region of Italy on a private tour. This meant the itinerary was flexible and we could make changes to the day as we saw fit. We met our guide, left the port at 8am sharp and headed to neighbouring Pisa. After about 30 mins we arrived at the famous landmark. I've got to say it leans further than we had imagined and it is a great looking ...

Day Seventeen. Rome, Italy We woke up early today (6am) as we need to depart for our tour to Rome at 7:15am. Rome does not have a port and the closest is Civitavecchia which is about 100km north. We settled in for the 1hr 15 min drive in. The tour was a small car with seven of us in it plus the driver. First stop was a memorial overlooking the city. We took some photos and headed to the Parliament House. From here we went to the Colosseum. The Colosseum was fa...

Day Sixteen. Salerno, Italy We woke up early (6:30am) to find we were sailing into the port of Salerno. This is on the south western coast of Italy and has high cliffs all around the bay. We went up for a quick breakfast and watched the sunrise. A special moment for the two of us. We had a tour booked to Mt Vesuvius and Pompeii which was going to take the better part of the day. We got off the ship just after 8am, got on the bus and were soon slowly climbing th...

Day Fifteen, At sea. Woke up to another beautiful day, and another opportunity to relax on the ship and make the most of what it has to offer. After breakfast, we made our way to one of the three pools, grabbed some sun beds and settled in for the day. Headphones on listening to music, reading books and drinking cocktails. What else could you ask for. We sat in one of the spa's and watched the crew (in uniform) play a pool volleyball game. Lots of fun had by...

Day Eight. Venice We woke up at about 8:30 am which is quite late but considering we got to sleep at 1:30am it wasn't too bad. We decided against going back into Venice as the ship was to sail at 12pm and we needed to complete the mandatory Emergency Drill at 11:30am. We went down to breakfast and was met with a huge range of options. We will be lucky if we fit into our pants after this trip! After breakfast we went back to our room and took everything out of o...