On the way from Civitiveccia to our next port of call of Dubrovnik, Croatia, we passed through the Strait of Messina which is located at the tip of the toe of the boot in Italy between the mainland and the island of Sicily.
Our next stop was at the city of Kotor in the country of Montenegro, another one that was originally part of Yugoslavia. This delightful place also had a walled city where we walked up 1,300+ steps to get to the top.
The next port of call was Korcula, Croatia. A lovely seaside city that also had a wall and was quite quaint.
Speaking English worked everywhere for us and it was fun to see the locals engaged in humor as shown in this next picture.
Our next two ports of call were Split, Croatia and Koper, Slovenia. Both were very industrial and uninteresting, especially to me since I was sick, but Bonnie confirmed the industrial ports.
After that, we had a day at sea before going to Corfu, Greece. This was a beautiful place and we hired a taxi driver to take us around and show us the area including a castle.
The next port of call was the city of Catania on the island of Sicily. It was a rather gritty town with graffiti and litter abound. The bell tower of the church that gave visitors a view of the plaza was a treat.
One of my favorite places was the country of Malta in general and the city of Mdina in particular. This small island country was very clean and we used a Hop-On Hop-Off bus to get from one side of the island to the other.
After leaving Malta we stopped in Naples, Italy, which is claimed to be the birthplace of pizza. Naples was dirty, cluttered with litter, and the way the locals drive is quite interesting. It appears that stop signs are simply a suggestion and if your lane of traffic is congested, you simply drive down the lane of the on coming traffic. Or, you just pull out or switch lanes and expect people to stop for you.
We then returned to Civitavecchia to disembark.
