Thank you so much for your comments, I will be investigating these suggestions as I am all about gathering information!!! We have never been so we want to maximize our experience. Any suggestions for some of the other ports as to what is a must see and what we should not waste time on? Our 1st stop is Monte Carlo,then Florence/ Pisa/Rome. My significant other feels that we should be taking the full blown 8- 9 hr tours in those areas, then tone it down once we move on past Rome towards Greece as these ports seem to be smaller communities. Then end it with a bang in Venice.