Twenty-five hours after flying out of Melbourne, including a 4 ½ hour lay-over in Dubai we arrived in Milan, Italy where we caught a coach to Genoa about 2 ½ hours away, from where our ship the MSC Magnifica, was due to sail the next day.  Unfortunately, due to the lateness of our arrival, and the onset of jetlag, we had little capacity to take in much of Genoa – apart from glimpses of beautiful medieva...

Kia Ora Family & Friends As many of you know it's been my custom for some years to post a travel blog when Terry and I have ventured off on our various overseas holidays. For the past couple of trips I thought about not blogging because, well … it does take a fair of time. Time that I could otherwise be doing … umm … nothing really. A lot of people have commented how much they’ve enjoyed my reflections of our travels and the photos ...