Today we were in Livorno. If we were to take a tour, we could have gone to see the Leaning Tower of Pisa and visit Sorrento. However, we chose a day to poke around the town and try and find an internet café. Before I left on this trip, I purchased an eSim hoping to be able to have internet when in town without having to find a spot to sit and work on my blog. Hoping even more that when we were docked, I would be able to have internet from the balcony. However, it hasn’t worked so far, so Brenda and I walked a ways away from the port and ended at up at a small pizza restaurant that was ok with us sitting there for a bit.
We ordered a latte each and some pizza. Brenda also got a sprite and the total bill for everything was just 8 Euro. The lattes were delicious and the pizza was wonderful. So glad we walked further into town and found this little spot. The restaurant also had a shop upstairs called Leghorn Bricks. Brenda ventured upstairs and came back down to tell me to come up and see. Turns out, it was a lego store with many made buildings on display. It was nice to see the Christmas set up she had. I recognized many of the buildings that I have given to Matthew and family over the years. It was a great find in such a small out of the way place.
After we left, we walked around where the old fort was and through the area they call little Venice. This area is full of little canals with eyeglass bridges and boats lined up along the sides. Clearly it is how folks get around these waterways but not like the canal boats in Venice, these are little power boats.
We had a great day with wonderful sunshine. However, it was only about 12 degrees and very windy. We ended our visit to town close to where we wcould catch the shuttle back to the port. It would have been nice to finish off with another latte, but we couldn’t find a café with indoor seating. Most of the cafes only have outdoor seating – which I am sure is quite lovely on warm days, but today was not one of those.
Fortunately the shuttle came quickly and we caught our ride. We were glad to get back to the ship in the early afternoon before the sun went down.
When we are on the ship, so far we haven’t been very active. The walk from our cabin to anywhere is a long way. I think this is one of the downfalls for such a large vessel. There are so many canes, walkers and elderly (oh my God – me too?) on the Norwegian Epic, that I know we , the aforementioned are all better suited to smaller cruise ships. Less steps inside means we can do the many steps outside without tiring. On at sea days – the larger ship will be welcome to get the necessary exercise to burn off the calories from the rich foods that are always available.
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