Adriatic Cruise – Rome to Venice Italy, Holland America Line – Westerdam.
June 28 – July 10 2017.
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Day 0: June 28 – Civitavecchia, Italy
Set sail for Messina Italy.
(Sea miles 0 nautical miles, Total 0 nautical miles)
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Day 1: June 29 – Messina, Italy
Cruising Strait of Messina
(Sea miles 296 nautical miles, Total 296 nautical miles)
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Day 2: June 30 – Valletta, Malta
(Sea miles 151 nautical miles, Total 447 nautical miles)
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Day 3: July 1 – Gozo (Mgarr), Malta
Tendered into port.
(Sea miles 13.7 nautical miles, Total 460.7 nautical miles)
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Day 4: July 2 – At Sea
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Day 5: July 3 – Kerkira, Greece
(Sea miles 376 nautical miles, Total 836.7 nautical miles)
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Day 6: July 4 – Dubrovnik, Croatia
(Sea miles 213 nautical miles, Total 1,049.7 nautical miles)
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Day 7: July 5 – Kotor, Montenegro
Tendered into port.
(Sea miles 41 nautical miles, Total 1,090.7 nautical miles)
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Day 8: July 6 – Korcula, Croatia
Tendered into port.
(Sea miles 90 nautical miles, Total 1,180.7 nautical miles)
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Day 9: July 7 – Split, Croatia
Tendered into port.
(Sea miles 102 nautical miles, Total 1,282.7 nautical miles)
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Day 10: July 8 – Koper, Slovenia
(Sea miles 232 nautical miles, Total 1,514.7 nautical miles)
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Day 11: July 9 – Venice, Italy
Pictured above is our ship docked next to a sailing ship.
(Sea miles 100 nautical miles, Total 1614.7 nautical miles)
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Day 12: July 10 – Venice, Italy
This is one of the tenders that we took from ship to shore in a number of ports as we where to large to dock.
Left the ship in the morning and took the train back to Lucca.
(photos coming soon)