Livorno – OMG – the shops!!!!!!!!! Absolutely the place to
shop Lynda. Did you come here? The shopping was more “every day” being a
regular city rather than a tourist destination but gorgeous clothes and reasonably
priced. I bought a cami for 4.E95 – but I could have gone crazy on dresses,
shoes, sunglasses, handbags – what restraint. AND THEY RECKON BARCELONA IS THE BEST though some say New York and some say Honolulu!!!! Can I hold out? Of course it’s the entrée to Pisa,
Florence, Lucre and the Cinque Terre but we’ve been there. This is the second underrated
port town we’ve been to and the real estate prices quite reasonable to but Hop
wasn’t interested – no swimming pools! It’s also our second port in a row with
no scheduled trips so we’re well rested while many others are wilting. One
couple at our table flaked at 5.30pm after Sorrento so they’ll be really
whacked by now – big catch up next time we see them all at dinner – we’ve had
open sittings while all the ports are on so haven’t even seen any of our eight
other dining companions. Like all the places we’ve been to, the ancient and old
is mingled with the new- fascinating when you don’t hear about it for eight
hours on a bus trip! Great boating apparently – boats big, huge and small
everywhere in marinas or canals. Even a beach on the breakwater accessible only
by boat – we didn’t walk to that one! Being Saturday the shops closed at 1 pm.
We came back to the ship before that so Hop could catch most of the Wallabies/
Lions test. It’s clouded over a bit now and we still haven’t had our swim. I’ve
just had a siesta (sounds much better than Nana nap) and Hop’s still snoring.
Tomorrow is another glorious day – we hope. We do have a trip booked and it’s new ground for me til Hawaii. And then Pagopago will be new too. Yum yum. Hop’s only
touched on some UK ports - so things get better and better. Yippee!!!!!!!!!
Lots of love; keep cosy and dry.XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Hello Gma and Hopster, sounds like you guys are having a blast, stay safe and enjoy the rest of your tip :D.
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No we didn't go to Livorno, we visited the Cinque Terre from the other end, we stayed at Rapallo and trained down to the bottom and worked our way back up. Barcelona is really nice shopping, but being with 3 boys, I didn't really get to do any there for me. Are you just in Barcelona for the day? You will probably be parked in your ship very close to a huge mall on the waterfront. Do that on your way back and walk across the bridge and wander up Las Ramblas. La Boqueria (famous market) is up there on your left, and up on your right, quite a way up, is Tapa Tapa - fabulous Tapas bar. It's all pretty touristy and expensive, but the food is wonderful. You will no doubt wander past the Gaudi apartment building with a 3 block long queue or something too and there is the hop on hop off bus which is cool. I loved Barcelona, want to spend more time in Spain. Must go back....XXXXX
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