So after that AMAZING Chef's Table dinner, it was time to leave the Freedom and begin our trip home. The trick here is to get your bags packed and out in the hall while remembering not to pack whatever clothes you want to wear the next morning. I will tell you this doesn't always happen [...]
Wow...Our last port. Tomorrow we have a sea day and then back to Barcelona to fly home. This was the port I had done the least amount of research on. I mean, Pompeii was obviously on the list but really what else is there? Turns out...Plenty! Now, ask anyone about the Amalfi Coast and instantly [...]
Our next stop is Rome. I had booked a private tour with Italy Tour Sharing again. And just as in Florence, they were right on time ready to go when we got off the ship. And of course, as the saying goes, "All roads lead to Rome." What they don't mention, is that all of [...]
So now we are leaving France and heading around to Italy. Our first stop is Florence, well Livorno...no, La Spezia. Confusing, I know. You see, when we originally booked this trip we were scheduled to port in Livorno. I chose this sailing because it was the only one that listed Livorno as the port. It [...]
Today we were in Nice, more specifically Villefranche-Sur-Mer. This port is not big enough for the large cruise ships to dock, so Freedom has to drop anchor offshore and we all have to "tender" to the dock. The tender boats are the property of the local port and not the cruise line so they are [...]
