But it WAS an Unexpected Surprise and May Be Worth a Closer Look. Welcome to Civitavecchia...

[@williamdom3814]

Great to see the return of Steve's Notes. Yet another great video.

[@steve-marsh]

Thank you :)

[@llynllydaw]

Please can I add to the the popular demand to keep the notes.

[@clareclark6535]

I like Steve's notes too​@@llynllydaw

[@rogerandroid2186]

Could have put them on a website, referenced by the video code (c7vhWl-Z15o)

[@dianewood15]

Another excellent video Steve and Alicja

[@AnoNymInvestor]

Indeed! Scotland!

[@B77X]

Thanks for bringing the notes back, I’m sure there were many other requests as well as mine. Great to see a KZbinr listening to his subscribers. Onwards and upwards. Cheers Steve.

[@AndreeHelminger-de7uw]

Thanks!😊

[@Outback61]

Thanks for the “Steve Notes” very much appreciated.

[@peterhadley1654]

The beach area for Rome is called Ostia, just a short train ride from Rome. A real bonus to see there is Ostia Antica, the ancient port. It’s ruins are 2nd only to Pompeii with mosaics, whole buildings still intact!! And no crowds!

[@sylviaheisler8008]

Ci sono stato, l'ho fatto, mi è piaciuto molto. ❤🙂

[@ParanormalFun-i1i]

Great video and Steve’s Notes are back! Hooray!

[@eileenmclean1274]

You are spoiling us with a mid week video but I'm not complaining. What a beautiful place. Can't wait to see what happens on Saturday. Thank you both ❤❤❤

[@bakergeetee]

I was in Civitavecchia almost exactly one year ago(at the time your recording) to board a ship for a transatlantic repositioning cruise back home to the U.S. After the hustle, bustle, and crowds of Rome (I'm very glad late October/early November is considered off peak season in Rome and the Mediterranean. It's the only time I would visit, it's absolutely fantastic). I also liked the more laid back vibe of the city. Thanks for bringing back some nice memories, Steve and Alicja.

[@freespirit6209]

So glad you got this break from the cold you often endure for us!

[@MargaretMckenna-jc1ee]

Brilliant having a coffee and Steve Marsh nothing better

[@60_Degrees_North]

Yay 🎉 The notes are back. Brilliant bonus video. Look forward to seeing the next one. Intrigued to see what happened... 🤔

[@rimizoem]

Good work all year,Merry Christmas!

[@Tatia146]

That looks lovely and so quiet. I traveled on Interrail from Finland to Italy via Germany and Austria many years ago. I could not speak a lot of Italian but by the time I arrived in Rome, I was pretty fluent in hand gestures as well as shouting. 😂

[@dee74raz]

Lol 😆

[@TorstenLif]

Also, shouting in Finnish should intimidate almost anybody! 😁

[@Tatia146]

@ very possibly 😂

[@nadinebarnes6431]

You compliment each other so well, thank you for sharing your travels together, Steve your a natural on screen the perfect mix of interesting, funny & genuine good bloke, your a pleasure to watch you should be getting the big bucks! But if not you are both very appreciated

[@JohnCline]

Alicja is just adorable, I enjoy the dynamic between you two.

[@jimmyboyles2868]

Would be minus the nasty tattoo's.

[@witlof5492]

​@jimmyboyles2868 They seem to have multiplied! Note how she has styled her hair to one side to show them off.

[@xcel5203]

Thanks

[@steve-marsh]

Hey thanks so much!

[@ronnickerson9797]

Another great video. My wife and I went to Rome/ Italy 🇮🇹 on a cruise in 2011 and loved it. Your videos continue to inspire us to travel. Love the notes at the end.

[@alberttetley]

it's lovely watching you two out and about having an adventure.

[@moniforslots]

Yeah! Great to see the notes again.

[@MARKSHEA-rf3dz]

Glad the notes are back!

[@5040535k]

Great to see Alicia with you. You are great together. Happy Christmas and looking forward to more in the New Year

[@johnanthony4194]

Thanks Steve and Alicja, another place that don't have to visit but feel like I ve been there. Steve travels alone around the world, often a bit lost, like in Iceland looking for the bus stop, but he manages fine alone. In this video there are several moments when he is SO glad that Alicja is there to sort him out. What a lovely couple.

[@g-r-a-e-m-e-]

Don't forget, he is mostly doing the videoing. It's easy to forget how difficult is it.

[@TXMEDRGR]

Thanks for making a video of your day in the port, I enjoyed seeing the area.

[@davidshepard6098]

Please keep the mid-week videos coming!

[@monikalandsvik9566]

Oh, cliffhanger in "Steve's notes" ❤ i am so ready for next video ❤

[@jonclassical2024]

Enjoyed this trip sequence Steve...glad you did Rome for me....way too many people for me! Lol I like your trips with Alicja. Looking forward to the ferry to Spain!

[@Nadia1989]

Steve, you're posting videos like there's no tomorrow! You're spoiling us!

[@Jana-wz7dr]

Was nice to wake up today to this video. Minus 1 C here so really enjoyed looking at palm trees and sunshine. Lovely little port town, once away from the tourist traps. When in Rome a few years back we hopped on a train and ended up in Anzio, also on the Med and it was a lovely escape for a day, away from the craziness but loveliness of Rome. Looking forward to Saturday’s episode.

[@lijetta18t]

PIGEON!! Had my wife and I laughing all day. Glad to see the Steves notes make a return!

[@martinbitter4162]

you do know how to build up suspense Steve. See you in the next one.

[@tomhorn6156]

Nice to see you both.

[@kudzumoose3861]

Its 17 degrees and snowing in upper Michigan. Your video today was a blessing. I decided to check to see if you snuck another video in for us today and surprise, you did! Thank you. Wonderful sunny place with palm trees and the Med. Nice!!!! I needed it.

[@joannagraf7645]

Great video. A fascinating easy day trip from Civitavechia is to Tarquinia. You can see the Etruscan (pre Roman civilization ) tombs

[@duncanbrough1455]

We stayed in an Airbnb above the entrance to the railway station in Civitavecchia a few years back, very handy for the train into Rome the next day. Remember you need to always have your Italian train tickets validated or you risk a fine if your tickets do get checked on the train. The wee machines are usually just inside the gates onto the platforms. Been several times to the city whilst cruising the Med (our last time was just in September so you weren't too far behind us) but never seen it in all its splendour so thanks for another great video!

[@DaveyPalmer1]

That looked a canny wee place Steve. One for the notebook 😊

[@robingray1302]

When I saw the title I was expecting you to be heading for Ostia which is quite similar but smaller and closer to Rome but then you'd have a long walk to your ferry.... Looking forward to the next instalment, most unexpected and intriguing !!!

[@robertshelton9881]

Lovely seaport town. Thanks for the tour. I'm looking forward to the ferry journey.

[@neresq]

If you find yourself with another day in Civitavecchia, take the public bus north up the coast to the Etruscan town of Tarquinia. It's a marvelous little nugget of a town with its own necropolis and museum.

[@sonkeschluter3654]

You brought the notes back, thanks for that. Civitavechia is a nice town worth two nights in my opinion but then I am easily entertained. To bad you missed the samurai statue was a nice little surprise.

[@jameslever5406]

Great bonus video Steve and Alicja 👍👍

[@syntaur3943]

You two go to such neat and pretty places… thanks for letting us tag along😊

[@dennismatthews6660]

Thank you. An excellent trip account. All the walking tired me just watching.

[@07willows]

I love this town.

[@mehrlicht1]

Thanks for the return of the notes at the end

[@alisonlyons4691]

Thank you both great wee bonus video. Looking forward to the next, and the ferry trip......Alioban ❤❤

[@alanlake5220]

That looked a lovely place to spend some time exploring .

[@bobmirror7164]

Cool place. Palm trees and warm water and not to much “Hustle and bustle.” I could live there.

[@alexanderelliott3013]

Glade you brought back Steve's notes I used to read these all the time and wonder where I could travel to great addition back. P.S your vids are amazing.

[@chrisdeeley3775]

A lovely little precursor for your long ferry trip to Barcelona. I hope you both enjoyed it ATB

[@martinputt6421]

Fantastic video as always and always great to see Alicja, Civitavecchia looked like a lovely place and those fish and chips looked very tasty. Thanks for the video Steve and am looking forward to the ferry video.

[@lbukem4259]

A bonus Tuesday video too - what a great way to unwind after a long day at work!

[@charlesmoss8119]

Brilliant video - I daydream of me and my special friend doing trips and you are showing the way forward - thank you both!

[@martinb8337]

An unexpected surprise for me too, I wasn't expecting anything this evening, let alone my first trip to the Med with Steve. And to a place I passed through as a child. Wonderful!

[@kendues]

Always enjoy your videos!

[@willbg71283]

Legends!

[@robs80gaming9]

I worked a summer on the cruise ships back in 2010. This brought back lovely memories. We did the Med routes and Civi was a crew favourite. There is (well there was) also a tourist train which was a vintage steam train that goes into Rome.

[@williamandjeanninebrown3036]

Thanks for bringing Steve’s Notes back! Enjoyed the video.

[@francollingborn4606]

Love your vlogs. Your postcard was purrfect 🐈

[@C.viscione]

As soon as I saw the title I wondered if you were going to get caught out by the looong walk to the platform for the train to Civitavecchia and you did 😂😂😂! When you said "I don't think the platform's even in Rome" you perfectly described it!

[@Laura-f2s9w]

Rome is very pretty however the port is very pretty and quiet with lots to see ❤️🤗

[@simonwhitlock9189]

Thanks for the look around seems like a pleasant place, hope your ferry journey was good and I will look out for your report next Saturday night here in Oz.Take care and stay safe both of you, cheers.

[@smogontheline]

Great video, guys. That long walk to the train made me laugh. You need a train to get to the train 😂 Hope you're both well. Andy.

[@bgbaltuth]

yes glad to see the notes again. And glad to see Alicja( sorry if I have spelled that wrong :)) great stuff! thank you. Still buried in snow here . ttfn

[@holifeet]

Civitavecchia reminded me quite a bit of Koper in Slovenia. There's a big cruise terminal there too. Pretty little town that's well worth visiting, Steve

[@amytih47]

Bonus video just in time for my coffee 🙌🏼 can’t wait. Thanks guys 👍🏼

[@Pearl-s6d]

Wow so many things to see there lovely and peaceful compared to the chaos of rome that was a people traffic overload this port place is magneficent😊😊😊❤❤❤❤

[@erinmcgrathejm4985]

I do rather like Steve’s Notes. Nice to see their return. What a remarkably pleasant day you had there. You couldn’t ask for better weather. That teaser for the next video has me worried though! 🥺 Cheers, and ATB!

[@mojavebnsf1623]

Should have taken your bags with you Steve. It seems a long walk back to collect them and I would not be surprised that the shop was closed by the time you got there!

[@susangauci3278]

That was interesting to watch.Ooooh yess much better than Rome for me.Didn t feel safe when I visited.Citta in Italian means city so I guess it is a city .Waiting for Saturday❤❤❤

[@fraeris68]

Ah, from minus ten degrees outside here to warm and sunny Italy with you two 🌞🤗 Thank you 👍👍

[@steve-marsh]

Oh I fancy some minus 10 to be honest!

[@stephentalas1940]

Mama Mia! Though technically I think it's the Tyrrhenian Sea at that point. But then we all know all roads lead to Montrose. Can't wait for Barca!

[@erikwigelandiestad2270]

Solid work there Steve! Love from Portugal ❤

[@Furniture121]

I feel your pain in this video... My ship was at that port, and we were trying to figure out how to get back after a day of libations in Rome... It was an adventure.

[@KarenAllison-b2i]

Loved this, but then I always do, my faves

[@martinstilton1535]

Interesting place, didn't realise it was the port for Rome! Literally just back from Barcelona so it will be interesting to see your ferry crossing there on Saturday!

[@paulinemcfarlan-ug5pd]

An enjoyable midweek video 😊

[@ColinSlocombe]

Can't wait Steve and alicja 😊

[@RichardFelstead1949]

Romin' in Rome. Another great video Alicja and Steve.Greetings from Australia.

[@danal.5133]

One thing I noticed in the second watch of the video: the crossing in Civitavecchia, where you were a little bit scared that the cars came so quickly near to the crossing. In Italy and in France you have to WALK straight. Don't hesitate, don't look inside the coming cars and try to connect. The drivers have a look at you and drive over the crossing in front of you or behind you. They don't stop if not neccessary. If you hesitate or reduce or increase your speed, you become unpredictable for the drivers and this is dangerous. Be brave, walk. :D

[@iankendrick5282]

Very interesting thanks

[@donstravelsandrants.]

That was really interesting. See you both in Barcelona. 👍😊

[@TheUncleGrant]

Thanks for the walk around Civitavecchia Steve. We travelled by Train from Roma in July 2012 to catch our Celebrity cruise around the Med, which ended in Venice. I would highly recommend that journey. Like you we walked from the Station to the Port. The huge Kissing Statue is one of my great memories of Civitavecchia.😍

[@margaretjackson8774]

I love that place I wouldn’t mind a holiday there,thanks for the video ❤

[@218colin1]

Great video both. Can’t wait for the ferry video.

[@RuthPettit-vy7pq]

Love Italy . There is always something beautiful or interesting to see round every corner . I loved the light . I was in Milan just a couple of days before and had grey skies !

[@anthonyharris7780]

That just took care of my dinner break 👍👍

[@mavadelo_YukiToRedBull]

good to see you and Alicja having some QT together.

[@andreaschwartz4082]

Always appreciate your kind view of things!!

[@annelee2005]

A Steve Marsh 'bonus' episode with an extra bonus - #Alicja. 💫💫 🙂Civitavecchia looks surprisingly lovely. I've never been but feel like I know it a little now. Thanks, Steve and Alicija. The Rome filming was great too. 👏👏

[@Digital_Inclusion_Channel]

Thanks Steve, I was in CIVITAVECCHIA earlier this year I had no idea how cheap the train was to Rome. Wishing you and Alicia a fun festive season 🎄

[@scottleiper3786]

Hi Steve enjoyed your video once more an noticed on train you were not getting anywhere near Alicja’s sandwich 😂 , keep up the good work guys ❤

[@KathleenMoore-fr5fm]

Just lovely! Love you 2 more everytime i watch❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@BoadiceanRevenge]

Brilliant video! What a lovely relaxing town. Did Alicja crochet her own hat!? Its great! Ah! Ferry journey sounding a bit ominous! Ooer missus! Can't wait to see it!😕🤭🙋😁🙏

[@colinwalker9700]

Lovely looking place great walking city can't wait for Saturday video 🤓👍

[@clareclark6535]

Enjoying this. Looks lovely. Rome looked too busy for me, but loved here. Know what you mean about some ports 😂

[@kuukeli]

great video

[@junehall2177]

We enjoyed seeing some glorious sunshine, not had a lot of that in the North West Highlands this year. Thank you both for sharing, fabulous as usual.😎👍

[@nonamerooster5413]

I’m writing at the beginning of this video. I feel like that train station reminds me of Central Station in Sydney. I haven’t watched the rest of it but I’m looking forward to it!

[@Nook747]

Thank you you two. wonderful captive video......Nice to see the sunshine 🌞