Tallinn old town is charming and energetic. My favorite town among Baltic port of calls. Old town is not far from harbor, but taxi to upper town can save you time and is best for seniors. Although old town is small, it gets many things to explore. Cobble streets are all flat. Only short leg […]
Baltic Sea is generally calm in our feeling, perhaps due to cruise huge size, when we are on NCL Getaway in early September. However, top deck with outdoor facilities are so windy that you my be blown away. The wave condition at Stockholm does cancel our port of call and we found the other report of […]
Major Copenhagen attractions locates around Strøget Shopping Mile. Only Little Mermaid is a bit far. Walking or biking is the best way to tour the city. Finding a public parking space maybe challenging and street signs are only in Danish. Not only attractions in the little city, out-of-town day trips (see below) also worth to explore.
Although Iceland is beautiful, everything there is expensive. For budgeted travelers, bring your own food to Iceland. Costco near Reykjavik can be your best friend for low price food and gas. However, even Costco rotisserie chicken there is 2/3 of US size but 2.5x US price. Airport is too small to be enjoyable and needs […]
我們的最後一天郵輪回Venice，清晨時郵輪緩緩的駛進，划過St. Mark’s Square，進入西岸的港口，沿途欣賞寧靜的Venice，跟白天的Venice是大大的不同。 下船後我們回St. Mark’s Square，恰巧碰到一年一度的San Marco Day，城裡掛滿了旗幟，四處都有活動和競賽，我們慢慢走路逛回Piazzale Roma車站，體驗威尼斯小街裡的各式商店跟擁擠的人潮。旅程就在這車站畫下一個完美的句點。
郵輪到Zadar，可惜沒法停靠城內的港口，因為船位跟交通的壅擠，Zadar在城外約20分鐘車程處新建了一個港口，2015剛啟用，沒法步行進城內是美中不足之處。我們今天還是戶外行程為主，所以去了國家公園。克羅埃西亞有許多著名的國家公園，Zadar鄰近Krka, Kornai, 和Paklenica，我們選擇Krka。先搭船進去，步行非常容易，遊覽車再從另一頭接我們，很輕鬆。
Day 14: cruising into Adriatic Sea Day 15: 郵輪今天抵達Montenegro的Kotor，一早約6:00開始進入陸地上升後的類峽灣地形，是第一個賣點。Kotor位於峽灣底，四周高山環抱，舊城倚山而建，是第二賣點。從Kotor到Lovcen National Park的路途險峻風景雄偉，是第三大賣點。這種好地方絕對不可以錯過。舊城內部古色古香，隨意逛逛購物也很有趣，如果有時間跟腳力，可挑戰一千多階的城牆步道，沿山壁而上，到頂有美景獎賞。
郵輪此站停靠Sicily島上Messina，我們並沒有時間停留市內，直接搭遊覽車去參觀歐洲最高活火山Etna跟小城Taormina。Enta是歐洲最高的活火山，海拔高達3329公尺，山下穿短袖，山上可得穿夾克，山頂有許多火山口噴發頻繁，滿是火山岩，都四月底了雪都還沒完全融化。
接下來7天都是郵輪的行程，從羅馬(Rome/Roma)上威尼斯(Venice/Venezia)下，停Naples, 西西里(Sicily)島Messina，蒙特內哥羅(Montenegro) Kotor, 克羅埃西亞(Croatia) Zadar。
Day 7: 羅馬(Rome/Roma)區域大，行走時須妥善規劃路線，搭配地鐵、公車、sightseeing bus，才能減少走路的機會。還需要有罷工時的備案，我們只停三天就撞上一天，還好Omnia bus還有開。或許你會問Omnia Pass是否值得? 有好處也有壞處，我個人看法是如果有包含Vatican garden 或許還值得，如果不含我會想分開購買Vatican博物館的票跟Roma Pass，