Monthly Archives: September 2019
R&R in Civitavecchia
Port days are tiring. We’ve done four in a row. We’ve been to Rome before, so we declared today a rest day. Civitavecchia, or Civ as the locals call it, is Rome’s port. As such it is pretty big, and the terminal is not unlike an airport departure lounge. The town has nothing in particular […]
Livorno
Livorno is the port for Tuscan towns like Pisa, Lucca and Florence. However we decided to avoid the tourist hordes and explore the port itself. It made for a more relaxed pace. We stepped straight onto a waiting shuttle bus (much more efficient than Marseille) and were soon at the tourist office. Strangely our ship […]
An Up and Down Day in Genoa
Time to throw preconceptions out the window. I expected to like Genoa more than Marseille. Such was not the case. It was something of a frustrating day. It should have been easy, as the cruise dock is very close to the city, and the main railway station is only a few minutes’ walk away. I […]
Marseille
Sigh … another gloriously sunny, warm day on the Med. We woke up in the commercial port of Marseille, about 7 kms from the city, requiring some sort of transport. Walking was not an option – the port is massive and very industrial. Refusing to pay $25 each for the ship-provided bus, we hunted down […]
Ends of the Rock
We checked out of our apartment, took the metro and the cruise port shuttle bus, and stepped onto the Emerald Princess, and into another world. This new universe is one where every whim is catered for. Hungry? Thirsty? Sleepy? Bored? Hot? Cold? There’s an answer for pretty much any problem, no matter how first world […]
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