Notes from one Mediterranean cruise

Florence was on a Monday and Rome was on a Tuesday.

The Florence tour was an all-day trip that involved a lot of walking. Because my wife broke her toe early in the trip, she wasn’t able to go. She was missed, and much of the trip I was thinking how much she would have enjoyed it. Florence was interesting, the tour guide was friendly and informative, and the tour group was a nice group.

The Easy Rome tour was a much shorter trip, which involved little walking, so my wife could go. Rome was less interesting, the tour guide was a tad sarcastic, and the tour group had chronic complainers. The complainers complained about Italy’s small roads, the low levels of air conditioning, the costs of gasoline, the walking, the tour guide, and basically life in general.

The results of the differences between these two tour guides and two tour groups, contributed to my liking Florence a lot more than Rome. Probably I would have liked Florence better if I had a better tour guide or was with a better tour group, but I will never know.