Another fun day! Since Tom and I had been to Florence on previous trips, we took the train from Livorno to Pisa to see the tower and then from there took the train on to Lucca for lunch Such a deal for 6 Euros! Karen and Mark went on a ship’s tour to Pisa, Olivia and family and Joanna & Tony had a private guide to go into the countryside, Todd went to Pisa, John went to Florence, not sure what Sue and her family or Frank & Carla had planned. It will be fun to all hook up at dinner to compare notes and share stories.

Tonight is the Brown & Keene private cocktail reception in the Horizon Lounge. Karen will be hosting it in Ngaire’s place. We’ve even requested a name tag made that says “Not Quite Ngaire” for her to wear for the evening. There will be Brown & Keene clients there tonight that don’t post on LCT that we’ll be meeting for the first time and we’re expecting quite a large turnout.. We also have some special order meals ordered for the evening. Patrick called Tom and had taken it upon himself to order him a rack of lamb (he was thrilled to hear that!) and Joanna and I have weinerschnizel ordered. We also ordered something like 12 Gran Marnier soufflés ordered for desert.

Tomorrow we’ll be in St. Tropez. I don’t think any of us have anything special planned. Tomorrow night is the Seven Seas Society cocktail party. Thursday we’ll be in Barcelona….busy busy week being in a new port each day. We’ve especially enjoyed this itinerary since for us, it really is about the people we’re with since we’ve been to all the ports before. I like not feeling the need to cram everything into one day but instead just doing leisurely things, enjoy the people watching and hanging out in little sidewalk cafes instead of taking in all the sites.

Last night we actually behaved ourselves (guess it’s all relative) and most of us left the Voyager Lounge around midnight giving our bodies and souls a night off from the previous 2 nights of abuse. We have had such a good time and all of our jaws ache from laughing so much! Whoever coined that phrase “Laughter is good for the Soul” must have had us in mind!!!!