Category Archives: Food

Livorno, Italy

Posted on June 5, 2019 by patmathews

June 5, 2019 Livorno is located in central Tuscany and is the gateway to Pisa and Florence. Today we chose to go on a tour to Florence called “Fascinating Florence”.  It was a 10 hour tour and we were delighted … Continue reading →

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Civitavecchia (Rome) Italy

Posted on June 4, 2019 by patmathews

June 4, 2019 Another beautiful day in Italy. We had some thoughts of going to Rome but decided against the long bus trip – 50 miles and lots of traffic, so it takes almost 2 hours each way.  We have … Continue reading →

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Messina, Italy

Posted on June 2, 2019 by patmathews

June 2, 2019 Here are two  pictures of last night’s sunset, courtesy of Facebook and Fran Mayo. Thanks, Fran, just beautiful.  We had dinner with Tom and Alice in Toscana and saw just the pink sky. We have been to … Continue reading →

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Piraeus, Greece

Posted on June 1, 2019 by patmathews

May 31, 2019 Well, it is hard to believe that 5 weeks from today we will be home.  It always seems to go too fast, but we will savor these last weeks. Today we docked at the port of Piraeus, … Continue reading →

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Tel Aviv, Israel

Posted on May 28, 2019 by patmathews

May 26 and 27 We were so excited and couldn’t wait until these 2 days.  Why?  We were meeting our son, Mark and our soon to be daughter-in-law, Ramsay, in Tel Aviv. They were there on a trip called Honeymoon … Continue reading →

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Cruising the Red Sea

Posted on May 19, 2019 by patmathews

May 19, 2019 We moved out of the Gulf of Aden and into the Red Sea and our extra Navy Seal security force has now departed the ship and the pirate precautions are over. Here are some pictures of the … Continue reading →

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Cruising the Arabian Sea

Posted on May 11, 2019 by patmathews

May 11, 2019 Yesterday was the first of two sea days between leaving Mumbai, India and our arrival to the first of 3 ports in the United Arab Emirates, Fujairah. Our cruise director, Ray, had been getting us excited about … Continue reading →

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Mumbai, India

Posted on May 10, 2019 by patmathews

May 9, 2019 Incredible India, indeed. So first of all, I should mention that we had movie night last night, and the movie was “Lion”.  We had seen it before but chose to go again and we were so glad … Continue reading →

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Mormugao, Goa, India

Posted on May 8, 2019 by patmathews

May 8, 2019 Ray, our cruise director, is getting everyone prepared for the big Indian deck party on May 10. Tonight at the show he appeared in his new outfit that he said he bought in Mangalore for the US … Continue reading →

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Mangalore, India

Posted on May 7, 2019 by patmathews

May 7, 2019 It is day 2 of 4 days in Incredible India.  Today we explored Mangalore with Tom and Alice and our guide, Savan and our driver whose name was too long to remember! No matter where you go … Continue reading →

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