Without a doubt, today was one of the biggest travel debacles that we’ve ever faced. The plan on disembarking from Jade was to go pick up a rental car and drive north to see some hill towns, amongst them a small principality called San Marino. However, if it always rains on us in Palermo, the […]
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We docked in Naples and headed off to catch a taxi for the train station in order to visit Pompeii. I’d debated the merits of the taxi/train pairing vs. just taking a taxi, but I didn’t like the first two taxi drivers we’d met (as they had little interest in our modest custom for a […]
We arrived in Cagliari to a beautiful morning and departed the ship shortly after it was cleared by the local authority. Cagliari is a rather hilly town with most of the major sights located on top of the hill around or inside the of castle walls. So, we undertook the hike, which was a bit […]
We docked early this morning in Livorno, which is the port closest to many of Tuscany’s heavy hitters (like Florence). However, although in theory you have 12 hours in port, best case scenario one has maybe seven hours in Firenze and likely less due to travel time and a fudge factor to avoid missed connections. […]
After an enjoyable (though sleepless for me) flight, we landed in Rome about forty minutes early. Since we’d had different travel itineraries originally, we split up with Mom and Dad again, as they had pre-arranged transfers with NCL. I’d debated taking public transport, but it’s a bit of a hassle from the airport to cruise […]