24-hour layover on Mediterranean trip return. Highlights: 1. Walking the city 2. Checkpoint Charlie 3. Berlin Wall 4. Holocaust Memorial 5. Brandenburg Gate 6. Reichstag & Chancellery 7. River Spree cruise 8. Bebelplatz 9. Potsdamer Platz nightlife

Docked in Civitavecchia, third stop of Mediterranean cruise. Also spent 3 days in Rome on driving tour. Highlights: 1. Colosseum & Forum 2. Vatican City (Sistine Chapel & La Pieta) 3. Borghese Gallery 4. Trevi Fountain 5. Spanish Steps 6. Via Veneto

Road trip after Mediterranean cruise (Venice - Rome). Highlights: 1. Siena (Piazza del Campo, Duomo) 2. Montalcino (Castello di Velona, Abbey of Sant'Antino) 3. Florence (Pitti Palace, Boboli Gardens, Arno river, Uffizi Gallery, Duomo, Opera concert)

Ninth & final stop of Mediterranean cruise. Highlights: 1. Floating through Venice on ship 2. Walking tour - St. Mark's Square (Basilica, Doge's Palace), Bridge of Sighs, Rialto Bridge 3. Grand Canal boat tour 4. Private gondola senerade at sunset

Docked in Piraeus, eighth stop of Mediterranean cruise. Highlights: 1. Coastal Road to Sounio 2. Temple of Poseidon 3. Acropolis (Parthenon, Erectheion, Museum) 4. Acropolis Views 5. Mars Hill 6. Plaka 7. Panathenian Olympic Stadium 8. Temple of Zeus

Docked in Kusadasi, seventh stop of Mediterranean cruise. Highlights: 1. Temple of Artemis 2. St. John's Basilica & Tomb 3. House of the Virgin Mary 4. Ephesus (Odeon, Fountain of Trajan, Temple of Hadrian, Celsus Library, Great Theater & Appian Way)

Sixth stop of Mediterranean cruise. Toured Europe & Asia sides. Highlights: 1) Hippodrome, 2 Obelisks 2) Blue Mosque 3) Hagia Sophia 4) Topkapi Palace 5) Grand Bazaar shops 6) Dolmabahce Palace 7) Views from Camlica Hill 8) Ortokoy Mosque 8) BAKLAVA!

Fifth stop of Mediterranean cruise. Highlights: 1. Elia Beach - swimming, sunbathing & sipping ouzo 2. Mykonos Town's maze of narrow lanes 3. Immaculate whitewashed buildings & houses with blue roofs 4. 2-hour island taxi tour 5. Tourliani Monestery

Fourth stop of Mediterranean cruise. Words can't describe Amalfi Coast's charm! Highlights: 1. Gorgeous coastline (reminds me of N. California coast on steroids) 2. Positano & Amalfi 3. Ravello, my favorite village 4. Pompeii ruins 5. View of Naples

Docked in Livorno, second stop of Mediterranean cruise. Highlights: 1. Leaning Tower, Duomo & Baptistry in Pisa's "Field of Miracles" 2. Viareggio beaches and boutiques (shops close 2 hours in afternoon) 3. Gorgeous West Tuscany coastline & mountains