Your Ultimate Cruise Guide  At Your Service: Surviving a Summer
Mediterranean Cruise  On my first cruise to the Mediterranean in
summer, I discovered a very important fact: it's really,
incredibly, super-duper hot! Whether in urban Florence, beachy
Nice or out-of-the-way Elba, temperatures hovered in the 90's,
and the thick air was oppressive. It was the kind of heat that
wears a person down. Instead of racing around each city like I
usually do, I ambled sluggishly through town, sitting down on
every available bench, stopping often for drinks or gelato, and
returning to the ship earlier than expected.  At first, I was
disappointed. I clearly was not going to make it to the Chagall
Museum in Nice or find the strength to go shopping in Palma de
Mallorca. But then, I discovered the fun of taking it slow --
lingering over wine-tasting and local lunch in Provence, eating
gelato on a bench in a Florentine piazza and taking my time
everywhere I went, rather than rushing from one attraction to
another.  Show Cruise P