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Cracker Barrel Old Country Store

Breakfast at Cracker Barrel before our flight. \240Waiting for our ride.

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2800 N Terminal Rd, Houston, TX 77032, USA

At terminal D, waiting to board the plane. \240Istanbul, here we come!

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7P8P+HQ ArnavutkΓΆy/Δ°stanbul, Turkey

2 hour \240layover at Istanbul Airport! \240Headed to Rome!! ✈️😃

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Intorno al fico_Hotel al mare

This ittle hotel room by the beach was pretty cute! \240Intorno de Fiorni room 4 (my favorite number 💕). Jul 16 - 17

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RCT - Rome Cruise Terminal - Banchina 25

Waiting on the bus to take us to the ship 🛳.

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RCT - Rome Cruise Terminal - Banchina 25

Boarding our ship Norwegian Escape

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RCT - Rome Cruise Terminal - Banchina 25

Day 1 Our first drink. A mix of strawberry daiquiri and piña colada

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RCT - Rome Cruise Terminal - Banchina 25

Free Drinks! \240Woohoo!!!!! Yum yum 😋

Exploring the ship

One of the huge movie screens in deck at the H2O Sports club. \240Bar behind us.

Huge water slide and zip lining available.

Clear waters everywhere

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4P5M+C8 Civitavecchia, Metropolitan City of Rome, Italy

Leaving the port. Cruise is starting 🎉

Sippin’ on champagne, watching the sun set and toasting to the the half of us that is retired. Excited about the adventures to come! 💕

Complimentary champagne provided by NCL.

Here’s to Arleigh finally slowing down from 30 years of hard work at Frito Lay!

Watching the sun set from our balcony.

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6H2W+H5 Messina, Metropolitan City of Messina, Italy

Day 2 Cruise - Woke up this morning to see our ship \240passing Messina, Italy. \240Wow! \240Beautiful coast 😍

Day 2 - Complimentary breakfast at the Garden Café.

Enjoying our private balcony! \240Beautiful calm seas. \240Getting ready to go out end enjoy the evening on deck!

Dinner at the Manhattan Restaurant. \240Nice live jazz music 🎶

Evening entertainment on the cruise. \240The Choir of Men show and then the Newlywed Game! \240It was hilarious!!! Dinner at the Manhattan Restaurant w/nice Live Jazz music. \240Good evening 🙂

The Newlywed Game! \240Awesome and hilarious!

Live Music - The Starbridge Band

The Choir of Men Show

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M2FW+PR Dubrovnik, Croatia

Day 3 - Excursion to see Croatia

Beautiful view from our balcony as we wait to explore.

Ready to see 🇭🇷 Croatia!

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Ul. Pred Dvorom 2, 20000, Dubrovnik, Croatia

Dubrovnik Croatia is absolutely gorgeous!! The pictures do not do it justice! \240

This town is so clean and EXPENSIVE. \240The streets, walls, buildings, houses all made of limestone. \240

Bell Tower in Old Town

Here’s a little bar you can only get to through a little hole in the wall entering a cave and stepping down to a cliff overlooking the ocean. \240Breathtaking view!

More beautiful shops and houses in the shopping area.

Clear blue waters 😍

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Trumbićev put 4g, 20210, Cavtat, Croatia

Stopped in the village of Cavtat! \240Beautiful place. Had some Gelato 🍨 yum 😋

This beautiful house is a family owned vineyard.

They make their own wine, olives and olive oil. Yummmm

They treated us to wine, cheese, meats, bread with olive oil and olives 😋😋

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Corfu

Day 4 waiting at the ship’s theater for our Tour Bus to explore Timeless Villages & Scenic Tour of Corfu, Greece.

Corfu. \240Drivers and walking pedestrians all fighting for space on these narrow streets maneuvering \240through villages.

Beautiful beaches with water you can see right through to the bottom.

Stopped for a delicious Greek lunch with a beautiful view of the ocean.

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Via Vittorio Emanuele II, 77, 98122 Messina ME, Italy

Day 5 \240at Messina, Sicily, Italy! Taormina!

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Naples

Day 6 - Naples, Italy. \240Pizza Tasting Day

Starting the day off right at The Savor Restaurant on the ship. \240

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Corso Italia, 144, 80062 Meta NA, Italy

Sorrento

Lemoncello

Shopping in Sorrento

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Naples

Naples

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Florence

DAY 6 - Visiting Florence ITALY today!!!

Field of 🌻 Sunflowers

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Rome

Day 7 - back at Rome! Time to say goodbye to the cruise and explore Rome on our own. I hope things go well for us. 🙏 The hotel area is decent and nicely air conditioned 🙏 Kinda ready to go home 😳

We are so exhausted that we can’t get excited about more days in Europe. \240I just want to go home 🏡

The reception area in our hotel at the Dumos Liberius in Rome

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Via Liberiana, 7, 00184 Roma RM, Italy

Last full day in Rome. Tomorrow we’re off to the airport.

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Via Cavour, 213, 00184 Roma RM, Italy

Finally headed home. \240Sooooo ready!!! \240😊