It is Thursday, April 28. I have to post some of these blogs the day after the actual events. The internet connection is so bad, when everyone gets back from their tours at the end of the day, it is nearly impossible to get a connection. I gave up days ago trying to upload pictures. I am adding photos on May 12...
We slept in again this morning, arising around 0900. We were thinking of taking breakfast in the Grand Dining Room, but they stop serving breakfast at 0930. Instead, we went to the Terrace again and had their buffet.
After breakfast, we prepared and went down to the gangway to depart to the city. We got on the shuttle bus and it took about 20 minutes to get to the Piazza Del Municipio, arriving at about 1100.
We strolled around for a couple of hours. We stopped at the Saint Ferdinand and the Saint Caterina. Both were very nice and you would will really enjoy the pictures.
We then walked around the Fortezza Nuova (New Fortress), circa 1591. This fortress was built to supplement the Fortezza Vecchia (old fortress) as the city grew. Interestingly, according to the signs at the Fortezza Nuova, the new fortress they built was much larger than was needed for defense of the city. Therefore, they implemented incentives to grow the city to justify the size of the new fortress, including debt forgivings and tax abatements (what are called “loop holes” by the politicians of the 21st century).
We had walked about four miles and decided Livorno had shown us the best it had to offer. We went back to the shuttle bus pickup site, waited about 15 minutes and got back to the ship in time for our regular 1300 appointment at the pool side bar.
Tonight, we have reservations at the Polo Grill.
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