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July 22 - 27, 2017 So goodbye Azamara and hello to my new ride, a Ford something or other. So another benefit of a small cruise ship is you can get off fairly quickly. Disembarkation started at 8:15 am and ended an hour later at 9:15 am. We then walked a short distance (well 1 1/2 Kms) to the local Hertz rental location. We originally rented a small SUV that was guaranteed to hold our two suit cases. I didn’t take a photo of the SUV but trust me it was small. That didn’t bother me as it would be easy getting around and parking with this vehicle. The issue we had was there was no GPS in the car and the cost to add one would be 118 Euros (would be cheaper to buy my own). But for an additional 60 Euros, we got a rather large Ford which had GPS in it and would most certainly test my driving abilities around curves and in the parking lots. But what the heck, I love a challenge. 2 1/2 hours later we arrived at our B&B, “The Siena House”. Now not to confuse anyone but The...