Compound Living

Our outing at Corfu, Greece was to the Achilleion Palace . It was originally built for the Empress Elizabeth of Austria but she was assassi...

It was a tendering day, meaning we were anchored off shore and used the lifeboats as tenders. First stop was a small village on the slopes...

Today was all about Pompeii . Lots of surprises, but mostly about how vast the site is, and how well some of it is preserved. There are stil...

Rome! We traveled from the port city of Civitavecchia into Rome on the Roma Express (a special train from port to Rome run for the cruis...

It's Tuesday, so this must be  Florence and the Leaning Tower of Pisa ! The leaning tower is in the Field of Miracles ( Piazza dei Mi...

Next stop: Monte Carlo, Monaco . After a leisurely breakfast on board, we headed out for the medieval village of Eze . It's built on a...

Cannes, France was our next port of call. We chose to do this day on our own with Bob and Sandy (and not join one of the organized excursio...