Ardy53

Thanks to Hank & friends for all the advice here and on CC in general. Just returned from a 35 day trip with a 24 day B2B cruise of the Med. We did it on our own with one exception:

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Took over 4000 pics and I kept a journal. Saved the daily programs, also.

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We had a blast and a vacation of a lifetime!:):):)

Glad to hear you enjoyed it and "Did it your way"!!!!

Hopefully we will see the results of the pics and journal in a review soon???

Roy

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Hank

my dh and i are independent travelers too, one of the best parts of a trip for us is the research, november will be our first cruise to mediterranean, and this site is a great help!!:)

We got back from our 12-night Venice to Barcelona cruise on Celebrity Summit a month ago and did all the ports on our own, barring the last day in Barcelona where we took the ships tour for 4 hours before being dropped at the airport. Just that short tour confirmed for us that we had done the correct thing elsewhere.

We also subscribe to the "don't try and do everything" philosophy. Although we researched all the ports thoroughly, we made no plans for any of them ahead of time. Often we would sit down at breakfast with new friends and decide what we all wanted to do together.

There are details of each of the ports that we did in my review below.

Regards

Roy