I have never been busier on a ship. No time to post. Had some okay tours and some good tours.

My favorite so far was Portovenere from the port of La Spezia. About a 30 minutes boat ride, the boat was only about 33% full so that was nice. Gorgeous day and nice scenery on the way. This town was delightful. Right on the ocean and old style walled city with very nice stores a huge rock wall around the town and a wonderful fort and church at the top of the hill. Great guide as well. Only problem was it was a bit too long about 45 minutes shorter would have make it perfect. I would recommend this tour for sure. Hopefully Ken will post pictures. He is not playing trivia so he has that time to do pictures.

A group of us sat in a cafe and had Brushetta and June, Marcie and I finished it off with an gelato, half lemon and half berry. Absolutely yummy.

Today in Livorno we made it a "take the shuttle" day. The tour we wanted to take was in the afternoon and we would not be back in time for our Chartreuse reservations so we cancelled.

Sheila, Ken, Jim, Pam, Ken and I went into town. Found a lovely little cafe on the square. The pastries I normally do not eat but they all looked SO good we bought three and cut them up and has a little taste of them all. Each one was outstanding.

Then back to the ship where I ate way too much lunch and I have Chartreuse tonight and I just looked at the menu. It looks super.

Losing some people in Rome that I wish were staying and looking forward to others that come on in Rome. They offered a trip to Rome for those on the back to back and a special lunch in Prime 7 for the back to backers.

Love the ship, the longer I am here the more I like it.