My sister and I left Montreal for Barcelona on Oct 14 . I had previously been on EPIC on their busiest week..... 4800 pax ...last MARCH during my son's winter break A week on the EPIC was way too short so I felt I had to go back . I mentioned my interest to the Hotel Manager Denis to do the last Med and Transat in the fall He told me if I did he would take care of me .

WEll as a Birthday present from me to me with lots of love I booked 3 weeks on EPIC... NO 3 weeks is not too long In my books just right EPIC is a beautiful HUGE ship which handled the Atlantic like a champ .Some of those waves were very impressive in size and EPIC rode them all

Our first stop was Florence which was extremely cold compared to Barcelona and where I caught my first cold .Florence is a lovely city which I feel we did not do justice to . I booked an excursion with share a shore excursion Italy but did not realize my fellow CC cruisers were more into wine tasting then visiting What we did see made me want to go back for more of Florence What a lovely busy busy place WE caught a glimpse of it I hope to return to do it justice Read more