Unlike the busy summer vacation season, Italy’s Amalfi coast is quiet and residential in February, a perfect time to tent an apartment by the sea.
With two additional ships in the Mediterranean, expanding Windstar Cruises intends to be the leader of the world’s small cruise ship fleets.
When chunks of parmesan grace the buffet lines in bowls the size of washtubs. When dining room tables each burn a red candle for the evening meal. When a multi-cultural group of cabin attendants greets you in the morning with a chorus of “Buon giorno.” Then, you know you are cruising on a Costa ship.…
When choosing a hotel room for a short stay in one of Europe’s major travel destinations, location is always the key for me. Yes, I want a clean room in a friendly place. But I start with location, which, for a budget room, usually is near a train station or a subway stop. Some of the…
Seems fitting that a statue of hometowner Christopher Columbus stands in front of the train station in Genoa, Italy, where I began my journey home to America. From Genoa, a train would lead to Rome, then on to Rome’s port of Civitavecchia, where I would board a cruise ship, Azamara Journey, to cross the Atlantic…