On the first cruise we went 5,256 nautical miles (1 nautical mile =1.15 land miles). We walked 66.5 miles & amazingly 667 flights of stairs....& that only counts going up the steps, not down.
We had some great entertainment on board. Some of our favorites were Tenors of Rock, Tony Tilman & Paul a Stone. Our cruise director, Rich Spacey, also providing some great laughs. Everyday he wore a pair of very unique socks. If you do a search of YouTube, there is a video of a dance routine he does. It is a 5 minute interpretation of all the different dance moves he had observed during the preceding 16 days.
The train trip to Florence was an adventure! We had arranged a transfer to the train station....but they kept sending up to the wrong bus! We finally got to the train station....about 3 hours early for our reservation. It was very cold & windy but sunny. The fun part of the Civitachecchia is that you have to carry your luggage down & then back up to get to the right train track. I had bought our tickets in advance. On the document, it said you needed to go to ticket window or machine to exchange. Went to window first & he said I didn't need to do anything. After rereading, tried the machine & no luck so double checked at window & again ok. We were ok on first trip. No such luck on second trip. Nasty conductor & another 53€ later we were ok. It didn't matter that we had already paid. The student across the aisle from us was apologetic & embarrassed & said "this is Italy". He made a nasty comment about us that Susan heard since she was sitting several aisles ahead. Sad & ironic because it was a national holiday, Liberation Day, to celebration end of WWII which wouldn't have happened with the help of the Americans. Overall, most people we met have been very gracious & helpful & we decided not to let the conductor mar our trip!
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