Month: September 2016

Today we were in beautiful Tuscany – its just wonderful and a place we’d like to visit for much longer one day. After an hour and half drive through some lovely countryside we stopped off at the Leaning Tower of Pisa   – it appears to lean a lot from some…

Milan – just wonderful!  So much history here and we saw a lot but I’m short on time and internet minutes so will post some links to save time – Milan history. We started our walking tour at the Storza Castle – built in the 15th Century by the Duke of…

Marseille is the largest port in the Mediterranean and the second largest city in France. We were up on deck early today watching the view as we cruised along the coastline. Once our bus left the port area we drove for about an hour and a half to get to…

We only have three days at sea on this cruise, great for sleeping in, curling up in a comfy chair with a book or just soaking up the views… The ocean here is just so still and calm, the ship hardly moves at all. That wave down there is about…

Our day in Gibraltar started with a heavy fog, this is the pool deck about 7.30am We learned so much about the history of Gibraltar today, such an important strategic position and also one of the pillars of Hercules for the ancient Greeks – the other a mountain across the…