NCteacherlovescruising

Marina Grande looked perfect but appears to be fully booked already.

Too late to change my original post, but it should have said food tour not good tour. 🤦🏼‍♀️

Hotel Rialto

I know some of our excursions require cash.

My friend gave me a beautiful scarf I plan to bring for churches, if needed. Our plan is to travel there with carry on and then maybe purchase a suitcase or backpack to bring home new purchases. I’ve already “warned” him that I plan to do some shopping.

We have the Pearl booked Athens to Venice this summer. What themed nights should we expect? Do they have a white party? Will the men need long pants for the restaurants? I plan to bring dresses/skirts since it will be so warm so I’m not worried about myself. (We have 10 nights in Italy pre-cruise) I know dh is planning on brining one pair of long pants to enter the churches and such, mostly while staying in Rome. Is one pair sufficient for him. We’re going to attempt to do all carry on for the first time! I’m hoping they will have a silent disco. They are SO fun!!

June 21st. Can’t wait!!

Thank you! Thought so but it’s been so long since I did all my research.

We have booked everything for our 3 weeks vacation this summer except dinners. Tours, transfers and ship excursions. We are starting with 5 nights in Rome. We have a good tour planned one night and are going to try to get reservations at Armando Al Pantheon and my dh has a reminder set to book as soon as reservations open. Should we make other reservations? One day we have a day trip to Tuscany and will get back late. Should we make any reservations for our 3 nights in Amalfi. I wouldn’t like our hotel’s restaurant, it’s too “fancy” for my taste. I do want to have at least one water front meal. Would that require a reservation? No idea where I’d want to go. Our one night in Naples we will most likely do pizza. Then it’s off to Athens for a couple nights pre-cruise. Not sure what we’re doing in Venice yet. We’ve booked Doge’s Palace and plan to do a gondola ride. Not sure what else. We have a full two days there, fly home early afternoon on the third.

How many cash would you suggest for 3 weeks in Europe?

We’re booked at Albergo Del Senato. I don’t recall, do they have an elevator? They do have A/C, right? No pool but does have a roof top bar, I believe.

We ended up booking with Get Your Guide. Thanks!

Seems easier than dealing with luggage with all the moving around we will be doing. Also, don’t really want to wait around the airport for it or risk losing it. Also, we would have to pay for the extra bag on our flight to Athens. I’m tall, and my husband will be traveling with me, so lifting my bag won’t be an issue. Yes and more than likely we will have a checked bag on the return home for all my purchases. Lol We are flying from Clt-JFK, JFK-FCO with a 7 hour layover. We have lounge access with our credit card so it shouldn’t be too bad. We have 4 AirTags for the bags we’re planning on taking and will buy more if needed. I will check out the price of Clarins there. I use several of their products.

It's a bit expensive though and I would have the same issue on the return flights.

Great! That will eliminate the need for several products. I do. My skincare is all Clarins. Will do! Good idea!