Category: Planning

We are now planning our 6th Transatlantic Cruise, with three additional days visiting Rome, Italy before the cruise starts.  We were wanting to visit St. Peter’s Basilica and the other Major Basilicas in Rome during the current “Year of Mercy”, decreed by Pope Francis.  Since this cruise starts in the port of Civitavecchia, which is about an hour train ride from Rome, we decided to go on this cruise as well as our visit to Rome. The cruise is 14 […]

Yesterday, we saw something happen with our flight reservations that we did not expect, the price actually went down for our flight to Rome.  It was not quite as low as when we had first started looking at this trip, but was within $60 per ticket.  The price went down to $366 for our one way airfare.  I had been looking at the flight prices each day, but they had continuously gone up from what we had purchased, so we […]

Above is a picture of St. Paul’s Outside The Walls, one of the four Papal Basilicas in Rome.  We are planning to visit here during our stay in Rome.  This is the only Basilica we have not visited previously. Everything is set to go with the cruise portion of our trip.  We received an email “upsell” offer from Princess Cruises, they were offering us an upgrade from our interior cabin to our choice of any remaining balcony cabin on the […]

Above is a picture of Montserrat, Spain, which we are planning to visit while stopping in Barcelona. We have just two weeks to go until we leave on this journey.  We have been putting the final details on the plans for Rome, and on the port stops in Livorno, Italy and Barcelona, Spain. In addition we have been in contact with our hotel in Rome, the Aenea Superior Inn, and have provided them with an estimated time of arrival on […]