Livorno
6 July
Just got back ... have to get ready for dinner so this is brief. We went to the Cinque Terre today – a series of five villages which cling to cliffs overlooking the sea. I've wanted to go there for some time but I researched it thoroughly before we left home and it seemed impossible to do it on our own and get back in time before the ship sailed. I even exchanged emails with a lady in Livorno who also said it would be very difficult. Princess didn't offer Cinque Terre as a tour on the website before we sailed. However, there was a tour offered on board. Really glad we did it. We walked from before Riomaggiore through to Manarola then went by boat, which just pulled in to the base of the cliffs and put out a gangway for us to walk up. Then by boat to Vernazza where we disembarked and spent an hour or so. Back to the boat and on to Monterosso where we had an hour and a half and time for lunch. The drive back was quite spectacular as we had to climb very windy roads right up into the mountains. Had superb, and sometimes scary, views. Really worth the trip.
Civetavecchia (for Rome)
5 July
Didn't go into Rome but stayed on board and had a lazy day. Did the washing – no one in the laundry!!! John and Rick (Dickwho/Amanda Vanstone/Onslow) from Broken Hill went into Rome on the train which they said was quite an easy exercise. Lots of passengers seemed to do this. For those cruisers next year if you don't want to go to Rome, there are quite nice beaches near the shuttle (free) drop off point at the port gates. Had a great sailaway party on our annexe on deck 11, stern. Drank most of the wine we had left over and ended up eating dinner at 9.30. Not a good idea if you have an early tour next day,
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