We flew into London to spend a few days sight-seeing before our cruise to Rome. We chose the Grosvenor Hotel for its central location, near Victoria Station and theaters. The first night we attended the show "BILLY ELLIOTT", and the next night we saw "WICKED". Both musicals were really great!
Then we visited the Millenium bridge where we walked across the pedestrian bridge over the Thames River. Then back across to St. Paul's Church. Also had lunch at St. Martin in the Fields Church at Trafalgar Square.
After several more days in London, we took the Gatwick Express train to Greenwich to board the cruise ship PRINSENDAM - A Holland America Cruise ship. We took several land excursions starting with Brugge, Belgium,and Lisbon, Portugal. Passed through the Strait of Gibraltar, then another shore excursion to Menorca and also St. Tropez on the French Riviera. Both of these ports had many, many yachts and beautiful homes of the "RICH AND FAMOUS"; including the home of Brigitte Bardot and others. (No, we were not invited into any of these homes).
From there we cruised into Civitivecchia (the Rome receiving port). Our Italian friends, Betty (see above) and Antonio drove from Milan to meet us at the hotel and we spent five wonderful days sightseeing Rome with them and her brother, Gianni and his wife, who live in Rome.
A few of the sights we saw were: The Vatican, The Borghese Gallery, Trevi Fountain, Coliseum, Circus Maximus, etc.
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