Carnival Liberty Cruise Review - Mediterranean Cruise - Part 2 - Page 3
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In Cannes from the Carnival Liberty, we also walked down to one of the public beaches where some topless sunbathing was taking place. Cannes had numerous sidewalk cafes. Also, there were several dogs, and, on occasion, you had to carefully watch where you stepped. We were back on the ship by 1:00pm. After lunch, it was time to sit in the shade in deck chairs with the entire coastline of Cannes sitting in front of you.
It is an awesome sight. We were the only cruise ship in Cannes today. Late in the day, I did one final load of white clothes to get us through the remaining days of our trip.
Tonight's show was "Carnival Legends" starring fellow passengers as James Brown, Elton John, Madonna, Garth Brooks, Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra to name a few. Some of the acts were so so, but there was a woman that did James Brown that was very good. The same could be said about a woman that did Gloria Estevan and the man that did Frank Sinatra. The man that did Elvis Presley must have had some stage fright because he was reading some of the words from a note card. Overall, it was a pretty good show.
Fourteenth Day-Livorno, Italy
Today is our last full day on the cruise ship. It was sunny again. We docked at about 6:30am. Livorno is an industrial port, and if you don't plan some type of tour, there really isn't anything to do. We previously arranged with Salvatore Lucibello for a tour for 16 passengers to go to both Pisa and Florence at a cost of 1,310 euros.
Our drivers, Kenny and Michael, picked us up at the dock at 9:00am. We had two 8 passenger vans. This was the only tour in which our entire group couldn't be seated together. As it turned out, our driver, Michael, was not the tour guide and his English was not as good as the other driver (Kenny), who was also the tour guide. We didn't have any problems with Michael other than his English just wasn't as good as Kenny's. Our driver did compensate some, however, by having two DVD players in his van where he put in a DVD about Pisa and Florence. It provided some very useful information to pass the time during the drive to Pisa.
We were all very surprised by the leaning tower of Pisa. It was much more massive than we anticipated. Also, every time we've ever seen a picture of the leaning tower, it always appeared to be by itself. This isn't the case. There is a Baptistery and a Duomo. It is very pretty. We all took the posed photo of each of us trying to push the leaning tower back in place. You can walk to the top of the leaning tower. No one in our group opted to do this. We collectively decided that a ½ in Pisa was sufficient. We then headed for Florence. Our first stop was at an area that overlooked the entire city. We took some great pictures and headed into the city. We stopped at all of the key tourist spots, such as Brunelleschi's Duomo, the Campanile, the Plaza Vecchio, and the Piazza della Signoria, and got out and took many pictures. We also walked across and did some quick window shopping along the Ponte Vecchio Bridge that has gold shops and boutiques connected to the bridge. The biggest problem we had was that most of the museums were closed because it was a Monday. It took about an hour and 15 minutes to drive back to the ship. We arrived at 5:20pm. Overall, those in my van thought it would have been better to have all 16 passengers in one van so we could have heard everything that Kenny, the tour guide, was saying. We did realize that it would have been difficult to get a large van or bus down some of the narrow streets. We left Livorno at about 7:20pm and headed for Civitavecchia. We ate our final dinner and then went back to the room to pack up our luggage. We put the suitcases out in the hallway at about 11:00pm and then watched a movie on TV before heading to bed.
Fifteenth Day-Civitavecchia, Italy for Debarkation
I think the Liberty was docked before 6:00am. It was a sunny day once again. We got up late because our transportation was due to depart at 9:00am. We had a final big breakfast this morning. Some in our group had breakfast in the dining room while others opted for the buffet on the Lido Deck. We even had two of the guys in our group-and I wasn't one of them-do breakfast in both the dining room and Lido Deck. Our color for debarkation (Red #5) was called at about 8:05am. We finished our last cups of coffee and then went back to the room to get our carry on luggage and make that last stop in the bathroom to hear that loud, sucking flushing sound one more time.
Getting off the ship was just as easy as it was when we boarded 12 days earlier, with no problems at all. We quickly collected our luggage and then proceeded to find our transportation. I had previously arranged with Salvatore Lucibello for our transfer from the ship back to the Marriott Courtyard for 10 of us and to have another 8 passengers dropped off at other Rome hotels.
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In Cannes from the Carnival Liberty, we also walked down to one of the public beaches where some topless sunbathing was taking place. Cannes had numerous sidewalk cafes. Also, there were several dogs, and, on occasion, you had to carefully watch where you stepped. We were back on the ship by 1:00pm. After lunch, it was time to sit in the shade in deck chairs with the entire coastline of Cannes sitting in front of you.
It is an awesome sight. We were the only cruise ship in Cannes today. Late in the day, I did one final load of white clothes to get us through the remaining days of our trip.
Tonight's show was "Carnival Legends" starring fellow passengers as James Brown, Elton John, Madonna, Garth Brooks, Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra to name a few. Some of the acts were so so, but there was a woman that did James Brown that was very good. The same could be said about a woman that did Gloria Estevan and the man that did Frank Sinatra. The man that did Elvis Presley must have had some stage fright because he was reading some of the words from a note card. Overall, it was a pretty good show.
Fourteenth Day-Livorno, Italy
Today is our last full day on the cruise ship. It was sunny again. We docked at about 6:30am. Livorno is an industrial port, and if you don't plan some type of tour, there really isn't anything to do. We previously arranged with Salvatore Lucibello for a tour for 16 passengers to go to both Pisa and Florence at a cost of 1,310 euros.
Our drivers, Kenny and Michael, picked us up at the dock at 9:00am. We had two 8 passenger vans. This was the only tour in which our entire group couldn't be seated together. As it turned out, our driver, Michael, was not the tour guide and his English was not as good as the other driver (Kenny), who was also the tour guide. We didn't have any problems with Michael other than his English just wasn't as good as Kenny's. Our driver did compensate some, however, by having two DVD players in his van where he put in a DVD about Pisa and Florence. It provided some very useful information to pass the time during the drive to Pisa.
We were all very surprised by the leaning tower of Pisa. It was much more massive than we anticipated. Also, every time we've ever seen a picture of the leaning tower, it always appeared to be by itself. This isn't the case. There is a Baptistery and a Duomo. It is very pretty. We all took the posed photo of each of us trying to push the leaning tower back in place. You can walk to the top of the leaning tower. No one in our group opted to do this. We collectively decided that a ½ in Pisa was sufficient. We then headed for Florence. Our first stop was at an area that overlooked the entire city. We took some great pictures and headed into the city. We stopped at all of the key tourist spots, such as Brunelleschi's Duomo, the Campanile, the Plaza Vecchio, and the Piazza della Signoria, and got out and took many pictures. We also walked across and did some quick window shopping along the Ponte Vecchio Bridge that has gold shops and boutiques connected to the bridge. The biggest problem we had was that most of the museums were closed because it was a Monday. It took about an hour and 15 minutes to drive back to the ship. We arrived at 5:20pm. Overall, those in my van thought it would have been better to have all 16 passengers in one van so we could have heard everything that Kenny, the tour guide, was saying. We did realize that it would have been difficult to get a large van or bus down some of the narrow streets. We left Livorno at about 7:20pm and headed for Civitavecchia. We ate our final dinner and then went back to the room to pack up our luggage. We put the suitcases out in the hallway at about 11:00pm and then watched a movie on TV before heading to bed.
Fifteenth Day-Civitavecchia, Italy for Debarkation
I think the Liberty was docked before 6:00am. It was a sunny day once again. We got up late because our transportation was due to depart at 9:00am. We had a final big breakfast this morning. Some in our group had breakfast in the dining room while others opted for the buffet on the Lido Deck. We even had two of the guys in our group-and I wasn't one of them-do breakfast in both the dining room and Lido Deck. Our color for debarkation (Red #5) was called at about 8:05am. We finished our last cups of coffee and then went back to the room to get our carry on luggage and make that last stop in the bathroom to hear that loud, sucking flushing sound one more time.
Getting off the ship was just as easy as it was when we boarded 12 days earlier, with no problems at all. We quickly collected our luggage and then proceeded to find our transportation. I had previously arranged with Salvatore Lucibello for our transfer from the ship back to the Marriott Courtyard for 10 of us and to have another 8 passengers dropped off at other Rome hotels.
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