At a high level, MSC did not meet our already low expectations of them, so this will likely be our one and only review of this cruise line. It was a struggle in so many ways, hence the length of this article.
Quick Visits to Madeira, Casablanca, Barcelona, and Genoa
The first two ports of call after crossing most of the Atlantic Ocean were Madeira in the Atlantic and then Morocco in northwestern Africa. Two very different places we were quite curious about. After that, we had a short visit to Barcelona and a day in Genoa.
2023: A Year of Challenges and Fun
Our last article described the “Best of” for 2022 to answer the question, what is your favorite place? The next most frequently asked question is what do you have planned next?
Visiting Unique Porticoes, Towers, and Churches in Bologna
Following our Lucky Strike train experience in Venice, we arrived in Bologna with a plan to stay up to 3 weeks. In this article we want to share some of the things we enjoyed in town even though our time in Bologna was cut short.
Spending Two Days in Stormy Trieste and a Special Afternoon in Venice
Next stop, Trieste. Our European train trip took us from Ljubljana to Trieste. and then on to Bologna through Venice. We decided to spend a few nights in Trieste because we had never been there and it broke up the long train rides.