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Aug 11, 2024:
Travel Days - June 15 & 16
Last day in Europe, we grab a couple of pastries for breakfast and head to the Monumento a Vittorio Emanuele II to meet our airport water taxi.
Aug 10, 2024:
Cruise Day 12 - June 14 - Venice
Last morning on board started early to prepare for our transfer to Venice. There were no direct options left so we were taking a bus from Ravenna to …
Aug 9, 2024: Cruise Day 11 - June 13 - Sea Day 2 Our last day of the cruise is a sea day on our way to Ravenna. Today started the same as yesterday with a lot of rain that cleared quickly while we …
Aug 8, 2024:
Cruise Day 10 - June 12 - Split
Today we are in Split, Croatia for our final port day and was expecting all little rain in the morning.
Aug 7, 2024:
Cruise Day 9 - June 11 - Kotor
Very early start to the day to watch the ship sail in the Kumbur Channel to the Bay for Kotor with the cliffs dwarfing the Constellation on both …
Aug 6, 2024:
Cruise Day 8 - June 10 - Dubrovnik
We were off the ship around 9 am and on a shuttle bus heading into Dubrovnik to explore the old city and to
walk the wall. Approximately 2 km from …
Aug 5, 2024:
Cruise Day 7 - June 9 - Brindisi
A late arrival in Brindisi let us sleep in and have what we thought would be a relaxing start to the day, it appears 2000 other people thought the …
Aug 4, 2024:
Cruise Day 6 - June 8 - Messina
We arrived at the port of Messina just before breakfast and waited to be cleared to leave the ship. A hot, but thankfully breezy, walk around the old …
Aug 3, 2024:
Cruise Day 5 - June 7 - Naples-Pompeii
We are in the port of Naples today with another early start. Our excursion has us travelling to Pompeii for a guided tour of the amphitheater and some …
Aug 2, 2024:
Cruise Day 4 - June 6 - Sea Day 1
Today is a sea day so we will be taking it easy by the pool, maybe a nap and some drinks before heading to the main dining room for dinner. Not many …
Aug 1, 2024:
Cruise Day 3 - June 5 - Portofino
After a couple of busy days we slept in and almost missed breakfast. Had to rush to get breakfast because today is a tender port, the ship does not …
Jul 31, 2024:
Cruise Day 2 - June 4 - Florence
We started early, very early, to get ready for today’s excursion to Florence with a 90+ minute bus ride. Starting at the Piazza di Santa Croce …
Jul 30, 2024:
Cruise Day 1 - June 3 - Rome
Embarkation day started early at Trevi Fountain. We were there by 6:50 am to beat the crowd along with at least 100, maybe 200, others who thought …
Jul 29, 2024:
Travel Days - June 1 & 2
We left Halifax, Nova Scotia for Rome at 5 pm for our first stop on a short flight to Montreal.
Jun 14, 2024: Checking in from Venice, Veneto, Italy 22 °C and Mostly Sunny
Jun 13, 2024: Checking in from the Adriatic Sea off the coast of Italy on our way to Ravenna. 22 °C Sea day #2, bags packed and our last day is almost complete.
Jun 12, 2024: Checking in from Split, Croatia 25 °C and Sunny
Jun 11, 2024: Checking in from Kotor, Montenegro 23 °C and Mostly Cloudy
Jun 10, 2024: Checking in from Dubrovnik, Croatia 26 °C and Windy
Jun 9, 2024: Checking in from Brindisi, Apulia, Italy 32 °C and Mostly Sunny
Jun 8, 2024: Checking in from Messina, Sicily, Italy 26 °C and Sunny
Jun 7, 2024: Checking in from Pompeii, Campania, Italy 25 °C and Sunny
Jun 6, 2024: Checking in from the Tyrrhenian Sea off the coast of Italy, 20 °C and Sunny Sea day #1, Relaxing by the pool.
Jun 5, 2024: Checking in from Portofino, Italy 20 °C and Sunny Lunch back on the Constellation after touring Castello Brown.
Jun 4, 2024: Checking in from Florence, Tuscany, Italy 21 °C and Mostly Sunny
Jun 3, 2024: Checking in from Rome, Lazio, Italy 16 °C and Mostly Sunny
Jun 1, 2024: Almost thirteen months ago we put the deposit down on our first big trip where it is just the two of us. This is a late honeymoon and an early 20th …