Category Barcelona and mediterranean

 We flew from Philadelphia to Barcelona in first class overnight. The seats were lay flat seats. We had a really good filet dinner and then went to sleep. I was able to sleep very well but Conrad was not.  First…

 We slept in a bit today because we had an appointment at la Sagrada Familia, a very famous chathedral in Barcelona built by the architect Antoni Gaudi.  We had breakfast at the hotel before starting out, and the dining room…

 For our 3rd day in Barcelona we booked a private tour. Christian from Barcelona Day tours arrived at our hotel to pick us up in a nice car. He was from Germany but had moved to Barcelona with his family…

 We arrived in Marseille and had scheduled a bike ride through Marseille on eliectric aided bikes. They didn’t do all the work, otherwise they would be called motorcycles but there were several aided settings that made it possible for everyone…

 We docked in Cannes and met our guide. We boarded a bus to the little town of St. Raphael, but would drive along the French Riveria as we went and came back.  A stop along the way with the French…

 We arrived in Florence and had a very long excursion planned. Shawn wasn’t feeling very well yet but we decided to go anyway.  We arrived in the square of Florence near Basilica of Santa Croce which we would tour later…

Today we went to visit Rome and it’s surrounding areas. Since we’ve been to all of the big monuments before we decided to take a tour of some of the other areas of the city. We left the bus in…

 Today we docked in Naples and drove to Sorrento first which was a beautiful drive along the coast.  As we drove we saw lots of soccer posters and blue and white ribbons everywhere. the closer we got to Sorrento the…

 Today we arrive in Taormina which is very close to Conrad’s relatives in Messina Sicily so they are coming to the port to meet us. As we arrive it’s very overcast and rainy and it seems like the place that…

 We arrived in Corfu Greece in the morning. The island was unlike any of the greek islands that we had seen before. It didn’t have the whitewashed houses and blue roofs. It had a more European feel to the houses…