Hey all,
Wonderful cabin, great ship.....and what a surprise to have the birthday wine on board waiting for us. Molto buono, Tim and Nic!!!! It was an extravagant gesture, but Deb and I took it to the restaurant and thoroughly enjoyed it throughout the meal.....but we drank the whole bottle! Deborahs first 24 hour experience of the ship has been very favorable....she won 40 bucks in the casino last night! Yesterday we sadly said good bye to the colliseum and the Roman Forum and walked, uphill for 1.5 miles with all of our luggage to the train station, and then I swear it was another half mile to where the train took off! See, I am back to being a cheap skate. It only cost 9 euro total for the 2 of us to get up to the port, versus 110 euro for the van service to the port. First impressions of the ship, compared to Celebrity are that the room is much nicer (but we have a balcony room, so not sure we can really compare), the bed is definitely more comfortable, but the food was better on celebrity. One exception with the food is that we can actually have an espresso after dinner in the restaurant, which is nice. We have been trudging around Livorno and are headed back to the ship now. Monaco tomorrow. Update later. Wish you were ALL here!
Deborah and Patty
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How exciting! I am jealous and wish I was there. Glad you enjoyed the wine! Sounds like you had a nice birthday. Well, as for the food onboard isn't it just your 1st day? Maybe it will improve. How are the seating arrangements? Is it a lot of older people like when Tim & I went to Mexico? Be careful with Deborah in Monaco - those are some high stakes gambling tables - I recall that it even costs around 20 dollars just to set foot in their casinos which resemble european ballrooms in a castle! Have fun!!!
Mom and Dad said Happy Birthday. They didn't know how to contact you. They said turning 60 must be why you took the trip, that way you wouldn't have to see anyone. Dad said, being oversees you could act younger and pretend Deborah was your sister.
Happy cruising. Enjoy the rest of your trip.
Can't wait until my first cruise!
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