Live from Riviera

[Mkdvmz]

Our final day of the cruise, we are in port in Zadar. It is a beautiful small city north of Split. Beautiful fall weather, and a wonderful waterfront to walk along. There is an amazing “organ built into the sea wall that creates truly gorgeous sounds. The ocean rushes into pipes under the sea wall which have openings along the walkway. The city has Roman ruins, medieval ruins and areas that were bombed during both world wars. Lots of local families out walking made for a lovely day.

the ship provided a shuttle to and from the old part of the city

[Mkdvmz]

There has been a marked increase in dry hacking coughs all about the ship in the last two days. More room service deliveries and do not disturb signs outside of rooms. There are very, very few masks being worn and most do not cover their mouths when coughing. Of course, this cough (everyone sounds the same) could be from any number of viral infections. Those at the pool area who are coughing, do not appear ill. Those joining the ship or continuing on May want to consider masks in the elevators, on shuttle buses and tours 

[Mkdvmz]

We have thoroughly, thoroughly enjoyed our Oceania ship. The food was excellent, the service great with very nice employees. For us, Simply More worked well, although we each had $84 in unused tour credit, it was a good experience for us. We arranged a private transfer from Trieste into Venice where we will stay several days before continuing by train through Tuscany and ultimately flying back to the US from Rome

[ORV]

2 hours ago, Mkdvmz said:

Our final day of the cruise, we are in port in Zadar. It is a beautiful small city north of Split. Beautiful fall weather, and a wonderful waterfront to walk along. There is an amazing “organ built into the sea wall that creates truly gorgeous sounds. The ocean rushes into pipes under the sea wall which have openings along the walkway. The city has Roman ruins, medieval ruins and areas that were bombed during both world wars. Lots of local families out walking made for a lovely day.

the ship provided a shuttle to and from the old part of the city

Loved that water organ. Never seen or heard anything like it before. 

[Mkdvmz]

Disembarking was remarkably simple! We had arranged private transportation to Venice using Treviso airporter,. I highly recommend them. We met our driver outside of the cruise terminal. We drove about 2 hours to Venice, they had arranged a private water taci to take us to our hotel. Our driver reminded us, to only pay him, the water taxi was included. By 10:45 we were at the beautiful Gritti Palace, after leaving the ship at 8:30

[Croooser]

Excellent thread. I appreciate the time and effort very much.

[Sthrngary]

2 hours ago, Croooser said:

Excellent thread. I appreciate the time and effort very much.

Plus 1

[Mkdvmz]

On 10/29/2023 at 6:08 PM, ORV said:

Loved that water organ. Never seen or heard anything like it before. 

Yes! It was amazing!