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May 28 - June 5: 2012: A Week in Italy |
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May 2-18, 2012: A Cruise to Europe |
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I assume that you've just arrived with us in Rome- at the end of the first of two, back-to-back cruises. The first cruise brought us to Rome after a trans-Atlantic crossing, a stop in the Azores, and numerous stops on the southern Iberian Peninsula. If you want to know more about our planning for these two cruises (and the additional time we will spend in Italy after the second cruise concludes), please use the "Previous" button above and take a look at the first of these two cruises.
We arrived this morning, May 18th, here in Civitavecchia, aboard Holland America's Noordam. While 90% of the ships passengers will be leaving here in Rome, Greg, Fred, and I will be staying aboard, continuing to occupy our upgraded cabin for three. While we will each step off the ship for a little while, we won't venture far from the cruise terminal, as we will be departing later today for our second cruise around the Northern Mediterranean.
We spent most of March evaluating the various shore excursions that were available on this second cruise, and we have booked interesting excursions in all the ports save for Rome itself (where we'll be spending four days on our own at the end of this second cruise), Messina, Sicily (the ship would only be there for a half-day) and Athens (Greg has arranged for the daughter of a friend of his who lives there to show us around for a day). The cruise has been extremely enjoyable so far, and the ports we will visit on the second half promise to be even more interesting.
Although you'll get plenty of information a bit later on about just what ports the ship would visit on this cruise, for now, here is a high-level map of this second cruise:
If you have already come with us on the first cruise, you will have seen a couple of album pages devoted to the ship itself, and the activities that occupied us on sea days. If you have not seen that first cruise yet, don't worry; I will repeat the album page about the ship itself so that you will be able to find your way around the ship, visit our stateroom, and see some of the onboard activities. This set of album pages will cover the days from our departure from Civitavecchia today, May 18th, to our return on May 28th.
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At left is an index into the pages for this second cruise through the Northern Mediterranean. You can use this index to go directly to a particular album page if you wish, just by clicking on the date you want to go to. Of course, if you want to see everything, just click on the first date and begin with our departure from Civitavecchia on May 18th.
On each album page, you will find the typical links that will allow you to go forward and backward through the pages for this second cruise.
When you have finished looking at the pictures and movies for this second cruise, please use one of the "RETURN" links that appear at the top and bottom of each album page to come back to this index page. The link will take you back to the top of this page were you will again find the typical links that will allow you to move forward (to our week in Italy) or backward (to our first cruise from Fort Lauderdale to Rome) through the photo album.
We hope you enjoy coming along with us on our cruise through the Northern Mediterranean; you are going to see some beautiful places and experience, as we did, some of our ancient history. So click on the first link in the index and let's get started!