Port Intensive and Picture Intensive Trip Report for Jewel's E Mediterranean cruise

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Following! Excellent review and beautiful pictures

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Gorgeous, thick bathroom napkin towels – we took some as keepsakes.

 

 

I have not mentioned the traffic yet. OMG, it is crazy in Rome. Motorcycles everywhere, no one follows the rules and they park wherever they want and drive so close to people. I could never drive there. There is very little police presence, so no one follows the laws. You have to be a bit crazy. My sister lives in Sicily and, prior to our trip, I couldn’t understand how she did not want to drive. Now, I do!

 

Bedtime! Tomorrow will be a long but glorious day!

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Yay! Thanks for doing this review! I'm planning on doing a 12 night E Mediterranean cruise for my husband's 60th in 3 years. So much planning to do!!

 

Yeah! You will have the best time!

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Following! Excellent review and beautiful pictures

 

Thank you so much!

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Tuesday,10/24/17, Day 5 - Florence, Italy

We went on a tour to Florence today. (550 euros) Fabrizio (or Flavio as Frank called him yesterday mixing his name up with a famous Roman leader) picked us up at 6:30 am to beat the traffic. Boy, that was a scary ride. Very fast highway and very congested when we got to Florence. Some of the streets were only car wide. Girls were sitting on the what I would call a sidewalk in the very loosest of terms, and their feet were less than inches from the passing tires. Can’t imagine living here!

 

First,we went to see Michelangelo Square with great views of the city of Florence.Beautiful!

 

 

 

 

 

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Then, we went to the Accademia museum that houses the statue of Davide. We had prepaid tickets for 12 pm (AAI’s suggested time), but since we had gotten there so early, Fz decided it would work in our schedule best if we did the museum first. He spoke to the ticket guy, who was not at all that helpful, but Fz had us stand in the line anyway and then he talked to the guy at the door, who let us in, although it was very crowded outside. Very nice! We were extremely nervous because that is so not us, but Fz had it all figured out! It is a small museum, but very interesting. The Davide is the main attraction. I was surprised at how overcome I was to see it in person. It was just a wow factor. Afterwards, we got some pastries at a shop where Fz was parked. Very fortuitous!

 

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Davide:

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Other statues:

 

 

 

 

 

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Paintings:

 

 

 

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Crosses:

 

 

 

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Musical instruments:

 

 

 

 

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We went to a church, but someone at the church had died, so it was closed.

 

 

 

We went to a quaint square. My camera was on a function that made it too bright,so I did not get a good picture.

 

 

 

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We went to a bigger area of Florence with all the shops and churches. Gorgeous! I don’t know what the church or square was called, but the buildings were so beautiful. We walked around a while. M got a bag at the market.

 

 

 

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Churches:

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Shopping

 

 

 

 

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We stopped at the Hard Rock Café to get a t-shirt for F (one of his cruise traditions) and ended up eating lunch there. I got one of my granddaughters a shirt there as well for her souvenir.

 

 

 

 

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What was your fav part of Rome and Florence?

 

 

 

Hello! Definitely the Necropolis for Rome and Davide for Florence!

 

 

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We went next to the Pantheon. Frank was taking pictures – said he got some good ones – and then he messed up the camera and it was all black. M could not fix it standing in the middle of the crowded Pantheon. She was putting it away and asked F if he had the lens cap because she told him to put it in his pocket when he took it off so they don’t lose it. He was patting his pockets and could not find it. Finally, they realized it was on the camera – he had been taking pictures with the lens cap on. LOL!!

 

 

 

 

 

Some people should not be allowed any technology. Just have them hold brochures

 

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