caryn

I'm almost 50 and did my first solo cruise this past June. I loved it and am doing another in a few weeks. I never felt unsafe. I don't get bored easily in just a week and made friends on the cruise who I could join for trivia or a drink. I'm ok with approaching people to see if i can join their team. If you feel comfortable with that, i think you can definitely find enough to do. Some invited me to join them for dinner but I chose to eat by myself for the wind down after touring all day. Also didn't want to be on someone else's schedule. I do Instagram stories so the feedback helps me feel like I'm sharing the views with others. I don't do it for this but realized that my friends commenting on gorgeous views probably helps me feel like I'm still sharing the experience. I would to try it. If you hate it, just don't do it again. If you like time on your own and are considering it, give it a chance.

I took the train from Termini to Civitavecchia and there were taxi shuttles running back and forth between the train station and the boats (once you go through the train station). One ship had a bus shuttling people as well. The taxi van was $5 a person and I jumped in with another family.