June 1st, we arrive in Naples.  I have let Brighid choose all of our tours for this trip, and I have to say, this was not my favorite.  She elected to stay in Naples, where we are scheduled for a tour of the Archeological museum and a visit to a pizza place for some authentic…

May 31st is our second day at sea.  We don’t have to get up to be anywhere in particular – although we have looked at the schedule of events and Brighid has her appointment for a make over at 11, with Dot to follow at 11:30.  We placed our breakfast order outside the door last…

Wednesday, May 30th – we can sleep in today!   Yay!   It’s the first time the whole trip, and Brighid is snoring away.  The sun shines in at 5:30 AM, and when I wake up, outside my window is a group of scruffy looking men doing something nautical.  We are right at ground level,…

Tuesday, May 29th, and we are up at the crack of dawn AGAIN to get ready for our excursion in Santorini, Greece.  We pull in to anchor (we will be tendering over to Santorini), and the scenery is amazing.  There are gorgeous white washed buildings, brilliant blue roofs, amazing blue-green ocean – this is like…

Ah, a day to relax, sleep in, hit the pool, relax, read my book…. We are up at the crack of dawn, and wait patiently until we can go to breakfast and not look like midnight buffet stragglers.  A small portion of hash and eggs for me, with a slice of cheese on the side.…

So, the only thing I know about Croatia is that it produced the very hunky, very gorgeous, very handsome Goran Visnjic – the guy who plays/played Luka on “ER”.  How bad can the place be?? We got up extra early today so we could be on deck when we pulled into Croatia – and it’s…

Well, we slept GREAT, since we were so exhausted.  We put in a wake up call, but Dot beat them to it by about 15 minutes this morning.  We went upstairs to the buffet for breakfast – which was a very typical breakfast buffet.  I had a little bit of scrambled eggs, and a bit…

I’ve been on this vacation two days already, and I ain’t there yet!!! It’s Friday, May 25th, and we arrive at Gatwick with BARELY enough time to make our connecting flight to Venice.  British Airways AGAIN wants us to eat – breakfast this morning is your choice of a ham and cheese sandwich or a…

Thursday, May 24th We are all up and showered, had breakfast, packed the car, and are ready to go.  Way. Too. Early.  We’re not too anxious, are we?   The bus is picking us up at a centrally located meeting point at 11:45.  We are out the door for the LONG 5 minute drive to…

Wednesday, May 23rd   Well, after weeks of stressing over what to wear, what to bring, what to do, the day arrives.  Brighid is at school for her last normal day (her first day back is the start of final exams), the bags are packed (okay, they are over packed, but I NEED all of…