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After two pleasant days at sea, we were happy to get off the ship and spend some time on dry land. more…

Boarding the MS Queen Elizabeth gave us a strong feeling of déja vu, since the ship is extremely similar to the RMS Queen Mary 2, the ship we took from New York to Southampton back in July. more…

After an uneventful night on the ferry from Genoa, we arrived in Barcelona around nine the next morning. more…

We walked back to the Florence train station and had a fun time finding the track our train was departing from. more…

Our next stop was Florence, which is less than two hours by train from Milan. more…

Way back when we first started planning this trip, our friends Doreen and Alberto invited us to visit them in Milan – which sounded awesome, of course! more…

We had visited Venice, Naples, and Rome with our then-teenage kids back in 2009 when we were living in Toulouse on Greg’s first sabbatical. more…

The next cities we planned to visit were in Italy, and the best way to get from Greece to Italy was again by ferry. more…

Once aboard the Nissos Samos, service was excellent. more…

Somewhere around Romania we realized that the pace of travel was starting to wear us out and we were going to need a vacation from our vacation. more…