Airing One's Laundry

If I counted right, we visited 20 different cities on our cruise, with only 7 ports of call! That's a lot of gadding about!

It didn't take me long to start a new collection: outdoor laundry, drying Nature's way! In no particular order:

Sorrento, Italy (click to enlarge or squint real hard)

Nice, France

Rome, Italy

Venice, Italy (again, enlarge or squint)

Barcelona, Spain

Corfu, Greece

Dubrovnik, Croatia

Livorno, Italy

Burano, Italy

It's fun, isn't it, to see how the rest of the world lives! Kinda like us, right?! :)

Some R&R Time

It's that time again when we will get away and sail the seas. Just what the doctor ordered for Donica in particular who is soooo ready for some R&R. I told her we may need to take a cruise every year to force her to get away and not be able to leave!

Photo taken in a cafe across from the Westerkerk when Amy & Angie were here on 10/10.

We leave Amsterdam this afternoon and fly to Barcelona, Spain, where our ship departs tomorrow evening. We'll meet up with a Shutterchance blogger tonight (José Angel Sáez-Díez) and then tomorrow will have time to sight-see a bit before we go to the ship.



Here's the Royal Caribbean route of our 12-night cruise.
And below is the exact itinerary.

Our Itinerary:		Arrive	Depart
OCT 23	Amsterdam to Barcelona
OCT 24	BARCELONA, SPAIN		07:00p
OCT 25	NICE (VILLEFRANCHE), FRANCE	10:00a	08:00p
OCT 26	FLORENCE/PISA(LIVORNO),ITALY	07:00a	06:15p
OCT 27	NAPLES/CAPRI, ITALY	08:00a	08:00p
OCT 28	CRUISING
OCT 29	VENICE, ITALY	01:00p
OCT 30	VENICE, ITALY		05:00p
OCT 31	DUBROVNIK, CROATIA	09:00a	06:00p
NOV 1	CORFU, GREECE	07:00a	07:00p
NOV 2	CRUISING
NOV 3	ROME (CIVITAVECCHIA), ITALY	07:00a	07:00p
NOV 4	CRUISING
NOV 5	BARCELONA, SPAIN	05:00a
NOV 6	Barcelona to Amsterdam

After last year's cruise to Scandinavia, I promised both Donica and me that I would NOT ever again do the daily posting I did then! The Internet at sea is very slow (if at all) and expensive. So for both of my blogs, I really am taking a rest and will see you all once I get back to Atlanta on November 7th.

Don't forget about me! You can be sure I won't forget about you, even though I may not visit your sites. You're in my heart and that's what matters. I'll have a lot of catching up to do when I return. But for now.....Ciao!