They saved the best for last.
ITALY
“What did you like best about Italy so far,” I asked as we boarded the bus back to the hotel.
Travel days aren’t the most glamorous part of a tour. The best you can hope for is an interesting rest stop.
We spent today at sea. It was a bumpy ride back to Palma de Mallorca, Spain. But an invitation to tour the bridge made us forget about our motion sickness for a little while.
When we pulled into port in Civitavecchia this morning, everyone wanted to know what we planned to do in Rome.
Here’s what we saw just moments ago as we pulled out of Livorno, Italy, on the NCL Epic. It was one of those postcard-perfect summer days on the Mediterranean coast when all you really want to do is hang out and do nothing.
This is the view from our cabin aboard the NCL Epic. Nothing but the ship’s wake and dark blue Mediterranean as far as the eye can see.
Noah Markewich’s lost-luggage case had “lost cause” written all over it when he contacted me last week.
Of all the recurring complaints I get from readers, the one they find by far most vexing has nothing to do with excessive fees, surprise surcharges or surly employees. It’s about traffic tickets. In Italy.
Mariah Nunn has been a loyal American Express cardmember for the last quarter century. When she heard the line, “Don’t leave home without it,” she took it to mean Amex would never leave her either, especially when she was out of the country. But she was wrong.
Remember last year’s soaring gas prices? Annette Lazzarotto will never forget them. She paid $1,390 for a single tank of gas on a visit to Italy. What’s worse, her bank insisted the charges were legit, and billed her for the full amount.
Never give your PIN number to anyone. Ever. Derek Wilairat learned this rule the hard way on a recent trip to Rome.
Elliott is consumer advocate 
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