Category: Food
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Old Napoli
First port day is Naples. We booked a food tour and started our day walking through old town through the Galleria Umberto to get to breakfast. As we strolled though more of old town we stopped in the Church of San Ferdinando…simply nothing from the outside but wow. Then more…
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A slow and relaxing afternoon is Rome
Today was our afternoon/night layover in Rome connecting our land adventure with our sea adventure. Arrived around noon via train from Bologna, had lunch, relaxed on the rooftop lounge overlooking the city and had some true roman pasta for dinner. Off to the ship in the morning!
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Bologna…a day of food
We participated in a small group food tour with Delicious Bologna. We hit all the major dishes and traditions of Bologna starting with a propr espresso and cornett. Next up was watching the traditional tortellini making. Stunning craftsmanship by these ladies. Then into the street markets for a view of…
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Lago di Garda & Valpolicella wine valley
Had a full day private tour with Alessandro which was really quite perfect. First off took us to the castle above Verona for the views. We then drove through the valley to a very small village, San Giorgio di Valpolicella for views over the wine valley. Next up was Torri…
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And onto Verona
Training our way to Verona today on what we now know is Liberation Day (the day Italy was liberated from Nazi occupation). This is a lovely small city. We skipped “town” due to holiday festivities and took a long stroll along the Adige River. We stopped to have lunch at…
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Last day of vacation. Lazy day in Rome…
Strolling then city on a beautiful sunny Fall day. A stop for lunch across the Tibre River in Trastevere. Some bruschetta, fried calamari and some eggplant pasta. And our last meal of Roman delights…
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Sicily…earthy and robust as always.
Explored some new areas this time in Sicily. We first went to Castelmola way up high overlooking the sea from this tiny picturesque village. And then onto Taormina for a longer visit walking the streets, shopping and lunch. Lunch was an eggplant appetizer and pizza with local red wine on…
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Magical Malta
This morning, the sailing into the Grand Harbour of Malta at sunrise was pure magic as it seemed to rise from the sea. We chose to spend our day in the capital of Valletta. We took the lift up from the Harbour to the Upper Gardens to meet our tour…
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Sunday in York
Lazy Sunday morning shopping and exploring. And then a little lunch at Pairings… And to cap it off a tour of Hooting Owl Distillery. Sooo much fun learning about and tasting gins.
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Fish & Forest
This was our special dinner we had planned and it did not disappoint. In fact it ranks up in the top of dining experiences. Based on a very small ever changing seasonal and sustainable fish, game and forest food and recognized by Michelin. It’s a very small (seats 24) dining…
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Afternoon Sea
A seafood based take on the traditional afternoon tea at the beautiful Pearly Cow. North Sea oysters and salted cod tacos Mussels in a cream broth John Dory with lightly pickled fennel and orange salad with saffron potatoes To finish…smoked salmon scones with double cream.
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Travel chaos
Admittedly it was an ambitious plan: overnight flight from NY to London; Tube to King’s Cross Train Station; train to York. We needed good timing. Not so much. First, flight is cancelled 48 hours before the trip which delayed everything by five hours requiring alterations is the remaining schedule. Ok…done. …
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