Tag: Family

Exploring Bologna, Italy

ByMinion-Chris August 10, 2017 1 Comment
After making the last stop of our whirlwind Mediterranean cruise to Naples and Pompeii, we now make our way to Bologna to eat our way through Italy! Bologna After disembarking from the Norwegian Epic for the last time, we make our way to Bologna by train. It would take use the better part of the day to train to Rome then onwards to Bologna. By the time we arrived, it was late in the afternoon....

Pompeii & Naples

ByMinion-Chris August 3, 2017 2 Comments
After a day in Barcelona Spain, our cruise heads back eastwardly stopping in Naples, Italy. Pompeii As is normal with cruise ports of call, we had a limited amount of time on shore and so our plan was to make our way directly to the Naples train station and get to Pompeii as soon as possible to maximize our time. It was a short half hour train ride and before we knew it, we were in line to enter....

Cannes & Marseille, France

ByMinion-Chris July 20, 2017 1 Comment
After our first port stop in Florence, we continue on our Mediterranean cruise with stops in Cannes and Marseille Cannes I was always curious when Cannes ended up on our itinerary. I've always associated it with the glitz and glamor of movie stars and the cinema being that it is the host city of the Cannes film festival. So I was excited to check the "lifestyles of the rich and famous"....

Florence, Italy

ByMinion-Chris July 13, 2017 1 Comment
After spending a few days in Rome, we now made our way to the coast for a cruise of the Mediterranean and some southern European cities. Norwegian Epic From our hotel in Rome we made our way by train to the port city of Civitavecchia where we would eventually board our cruise ship the Norwegian Epic for a 7 day Mediterranean cruise. From the train station we walked to the port. We were...

#TBT – Europe 2012 – Birmingham Wedding

ByMinion-Chris June 1, 2017 0 Comments
I've been recounting my adventures while not on the road. Back in 2012 my family and I travelled to England to attend a cousin's wedding before making our way to Italy and cruising the Mediterranean. English Wedding In the summer of 2012, we flew from Vancouver to England to attend a cousin's wedding in Birmingham. This was one of the last "big" family trips we took together. As both my sister...