I posted .006% of the pictures we took on the cruise, but here are some of the facts:
Countries visited: 5 (Italy, Monaco, Spain, Tunisia, Malta)
Cities visited: 18 (Civitaveccia, Rome, Livorno, Siena, Monteriggio, Monte Carlo, Barcelona, La Goulette, Tunis, Carthage, Sidi Bou Said, Valletta, Palermo, Mondello, Monreale, Naples, Pompeii, Amalfi)
# Gelato consumptions in Italian cities: 5
Saw brides and grooms at different weddings: 3 times
Ruins visited: 3 (Pompeii, Carthage, Rome)
Times I felt seasick: 1 evening (FELT sick, NOT got sick)
Pictures taken: 1,621
Formal nights on ship: 2
Days on cruise: 10
Days at sea on the cruise: 2
Times I checked email/accessed Internet on ship: 0
Books read: 2
Souvenir plates bought: 9
Plates that broke before getting home: 0
Teacups bought: 2
Taxis taken: 1 (Rome)
Put feet in Mediterranean Sea: 2 times
Danced late at night on ship: 3 times
# Times people circled us on the dance floor to watch us dance: 1
Nights I DIDN'T eat dessert on ship: 1
Favorite dessert on ship: Desidera
Ate ice cream cones on ship: Um, maybe 7? (and once, 2 in one day)
Exercised on ship: 2 times (NOT counting miles of walking on shore each day!)
Latest we stayed up on cruise: 2:30 a.m.
Hard Rock T-shirts bought: 2 (Malta, Barcelona)
Other T-shirts bought: 1
Swam in pool on ship: 0 times
Got in hot tub on ship: 1 time
Laid out on deck to tan: 1 time
Took advantage of free room service: 0 times
Found towels folded into animal shapes in our room from turn-down service: 7 times
Ate fish that looked like they took it from the sea and put it on my plate with head, tail, and scales: 1 time (Tunis)
Restaurant brought out the fish I was about to eat to my table, raw, so I could "inspect" its quality before cooking: 1 time (in Tunis, this is customary; we didn't request it!)
Times I got confused about what day it was/had to think about where we were: Lost count
Weight gained on trip: 2.5 lbs
Favorite port/excursion: Malta or Pompeii !
When I got home, mornings I was confused about why no one was available to serve us breakfast: 1
Times I thought what a great trip this was: Lost count!
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