De La Ville Civitavecchia

... Fireplaces<br>Wireless Internet Access Wireless<br>Fully Equipped Professional-Grade Kitchen<br>Outdoor Cooking Facilities<br>Laundry Room with Washer, Dryer and Iron<br>Outdoor Pool<br>Property Maintenance<br>Resort Privileges<br>Special Needs Facilities<br>Terraces for Al Fresco Dining

... and managed to get the same great deal that Jacqui and I got. Its kinda nice to know that we won&#8217;t be the only young couple on the boat! I was wondering if the only people who could do a trip like this were retired folk and maybe the occasional nut like me that doesn&#8217;t have a "real 5-day-a-week 9-5" job. I like being able to do this!<br><br>Our ship is the m/s Noordam and it is frickin&#8217; huge! We ...

We are planning a couple of days in Viterbo now.<br>Chance to look around this lovely town with its Medieval district and also to visit Villa Lante<br>This is us parked under the walls of the town

... also remains of the old city walls, and a worthy fountain designed by Vanvitelli, close to the Fort and the old Roman harbour<br><br>Princess Cruise's had a regular shuttle going from the ship to a shuttle stop between the port gate and Forte Michelangelo. The downtown core of Civitavecchia was easy to walk. Beginning at the Port gate, we walked up the Largo Plebiscito, a popular walking mall consisting of retail stores ...

... a new blouse Suzanne was wearing. Thank goodness for detergent and &#8220;Tide to Go&#8221; &#8211; we could make a commercial for them it worked so well on Suzanne&#8217;s blouse and my shirt and pants. Mid way through the cruise we were sent a comment sheet and Suzanne dumped on the Tunis tour and the bus and the oil etc. That night, we had two messages on our phone &#8211; the first saying they had our comment sheet and would be responding ...

... of beers for lunch and then headed to the Trevi Fountain. Totally different to what I had imagined but beautiful. Crowds all around but we did manage to toss one coin in. There are some beautiful buildings all over the place including a monument for the Unknown soldier which is also a huge museum. After walking around for a bit longer looking for shoe shops to buy Graeme a pair of Italian shoes, we decided to get a taxi ...

... and then I went off to explore the ship while Boo and my mom relaxed. We had been on the Carnival Liberty about a year and a half before and the layout is exactly the same, so it was easy to find my way around. <br><br>We had the early dinner seating. Our tablemates were another 3 generation family from the Bay Area (grandma, mom and dad, and two daughters). The youngest gril was just a little older than Boo and the older one was 14. Boo ...

... the river, the sun was shining, the sky was blue, and I dont believe a single person got up on the wrong side of the bed, it was such a happy day. Luckily, my navigational skills got us there and as we passed the buildings, to our left, we saw the parade of white marble columns. Prior to this, I had only been to the Vatican once, and that was at night. THAT took my breath away, but this was even better! We approached the dome which was lit up with sunlight, the giant ...

... we did everything the real tourist way....bought a book on rome with a map just so we could walk around looking like every other fool...with a camera around my neck. first we took the train to the vatican...which was pretty sketchy. we were warned before leaving to watch for pick-pocketers..and of course...we're standing on the train waiting for our stop and lindsey jumps and tells me the guy behind her just grapped her ass...we both turn to look and he's already taken off ...

... finally settled on Trainspotting and given it is quite disgusting, were cheeky enough to ask our permission as the olds on the bus. I guess asking was a reasonable thing to do but we felt a bit ****** and a little segregated. But hey you get that and we got over it. About an hour from the last service stop we came onto a massive traffic jam and while we were crawling along two ambulances came flying past (not literally but fast). We eventually caught up ...