Worldwide Wanderers

Daily program: Freestyle Dailies - November 1-10, 2024   We received a paper version of the Freestyle Daily in our room or outside the door daily.  Day 1 - Embarkation:   Day 2 - Koper, Slovenia:   Day 3 - Split, Croatia:   Day 4 - Dubrovnik:   Day 5 - Kotor, Montenegro:  Day 6 - Corfu, Greece:   Day 7 - Katakolon, Greece:   Day 8 - Messina, Sicily:   Day 9 - Naples, Italy: Day 10 - Livorno, Italy:  Also check out my NCL Pearl review and the full trip report .  Table of Contents

Rome - Day 2 - Colosseum/Forum - November 12, 2024 Today, we had 8:30 am timed entry tickets to the Colosseum, which after also allow you to visit the Forum and Palatine Hill on the same day. The tickets said to arrive 15 minutes before this time. Our hotel was not far from the Colosseum; it was just past the park that we visited the night. We ate grocery store breakfast in the hotel and room tea for Travis, but we were leaving before the hotel front desk opened. We talked to the gentleman about leaving the luggage yesterday. He said to leave the luggage and keys in the room. The housekeeper was near, so we told her that we were leaving/checking out and leaving the luggage, knowing that she probably would not speak much English. She understood and mentioned the front desk.   We stopped in the park to check into our flight home the next day. We must have been pretty early because we were close to the beginning of the Colosseum 8:30 am line (first time slot of the day). Later, t...