villefrance,france (may 12)

hello! this day of the cruise was quite the adventurous one. we went white water river rafting in villefranche (close to Monaco and Eze). well, actually, we docked in villefranche but were taken up to the amazing mountains of Tout de Sur for this excursion. our idea of this trip was far from reality. we were under the impression that disney cared for the lives of their passengers but i guessed wrong. first, it was hailing - yes, golf size balls of hail hitting our heads. (i had never seen hail before - its not common in miami). then it was lightning, thundering and massive gusts of winds. the river was wailing and we were headed right for it. after the shock of getting into our bathing suits (in the haily 30 degree weather) we put on our wetsuits and jackets and headed to what i thought was a raft for all the people in the group -WRONG AGAIN. pedro and i had to take our own blow up raft to face the river on our own. instinct told me to back out but i figured might as well give it a shot. i am not exagerating at all but the minute we put our feet in the water, they went numb. the water mixed with the outside temperature and wind was so cold i could not feel my extremities. it was very fun but nerve wrecking trying to remain alive. enjoy the pics! some are dark since we had to use an underwater disposable camara and there was no sun - sorry!

love,
pedro and nat

la spezia, italy (may 11)

hello everyone! on this day we climbed the tower of pisa (294 steps) - omg! both our legs were shaking on our way down, it was crazy! we took a train from pisa back to the ship and lost our daybag. its a good thing that we didnt have anything important in it. at night, we danced and had fun at the pirates in the caribbean deck party - well i danced haha! another reason i love disney is that they are the only cruise ship in the world with fireworks at sea =0) so nice!

love,
pedro and nat

civitavecchia, italy (may 10)

hello! i will try to keep it short - i have loads to catch up on. the pictures below are from our day in tarquinia and canino. we visited an olive oil producer in the very famous area of canino and made flubber when we got back on the ship! the end.

love,

pedro and nat