Playing Catch-Up!

Every evening on the cruise we took a minute to write out memories and highlights from the city we had visited earlier in the day. We decided that the best way to share our experience is to post a short summary with pictures about every city each day for the next ten days!

Our Port Itinerary:
Barcelona, Spain
Toulon, France
Livorno (Pisa & Florence), Italy
Civitavecchia (Rome), Italy
Naples, Italy
Mykonos, Greece
Istanbul, Turkey
Izmir, Turkey
Athens, Greece
Venice, Italy

The cruise was both a rewarding and exhausting experience for us. Having a new city to explore every morning, determined to see the best of what it had to offer was very difficult considering that we were cramming it into just a few hours. The cruise arrived into each city’s port around 8AM, and left about 6PM in the evening - giving us roughly ten hours to visit our destinations. Our "taste of Europe," as we're calling it, led us to the conclusion that ten hours isn’t enough time, we need to revisit a few of these amazing cities again, and as for the others... well we can just appreciate the memories!

Of course, our preferred style of travel is to stay in a place for an extended amount of time and learn to live like the locals. We love to experience the culture and really dive into the soul of a city, to know it intimately - the cruise only showed us the tourist side of every port, which was only enough for a first impression. We were super determined to see EVERYTHING, so we sprinted through cities between landmarks and museums reading, learning, and taking in all that we could in the allotted time.

When we weren't in the hustle and bustle of crowded streets we spent quality time relaxing, eating and enjoying the many amenities the ship offered us. For twelve days and nights we made the best of everything "freestyle cruising" had to offer. Our ship the Norwegian Spirit is the smallest and oldest ship in their fleet; it didn't have all the bells and whistles of a new ocean liner but it still delivered – it was a grand way to end our three-month trip abroad. Tomorrow we will begin our ten-day, ten-post Grand Mediterranean adventure… one cruise post a day for the next ten days!

Xo,
M&K


(Mykonos sunrise from the ship)

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