24-27 June - Italy VII – Florence / Firenza
Four hot summer days spent in Florence visiting the landmarks including the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore
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KB Cook
- Sep 19
- 19 min
Italy VI: 20-23 June: Cinque Terre and Pisa
Report with photos of my visit to the cathedrals in the Italian cities of La Spezia, Sarzana, Massa, Lucca, Piza, plus Cinque Terre.
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KB Cook
- Sep 10
- 12 min
Italy V - 17-19 June: Bologna, Modena, Parma
Three summer days in Emilia-Romagna, visiting the cathedrals and cities of Bologna, Modena, Reggio Emilia and Parma.
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KB Cook
- Sep 8
- 19 min
Italy IV: 12-16 June - Padova, Ferrara, Ravenna, Rimini
Moving smartly Monday morning, I left Venice on the 9:08 train, with two stops to Padua. At the first, still a Venezia station, two...
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KB Cook
- Sep 4
- 13 min
Italy III: 9-11 June Venezia
There are multiple train stations for Venezia, but I came into Venezia Santa Lucia, which put me as close to the island city’s center as...
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KB Cook
- Sep 4
- 1 min
Venice, Italy - Venezia, Italia in photos
With over 700 photos taken over the period 9-11 June 2023, I found that many don't slip easily into the narrative I've written to...
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KB Cook
- Aug 31
- 16 min
Italy II - Bergamo and Verona 4-8 June
As I wrote in the previous blog, I’d spent the morning in Milano, where the walking tour had been rained out. I took the train then to...
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KB Cook
- Aug 27
- 18 min
Italy I - Tirano, Como & Milano 29 May - 4 June
From the Bernina Express which left Chur, Switzerland to deliver me about 6pm to the station in Tirano, Italy, I walked down the street a...
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KB Cook
- Aug 24
- 12 min
Switzerland II: 26-29 May: Einsiedeln, St Gallen, Chur plus Konstanz & Vaduz
Friday May 26 I decided to take a slightly later train out of Luzern to my first stop, that of Einsiedeln, which meant train changes. The...
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KB Cook
- Aug 20
- 10 min
22-25 May: Switzerland I (Basel, Bern, Luzern)
Leaving the hotel in Strasbourg went smoothly, and my wait for the train brief. While comprised of older carriages, there were few...
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KB Cook
- Aug 7
- 9 min
France III: 19-21 May: Strasbourg
Leaving the Speyer room at 8;30, I walked the country road to the station and waited for the 9:15 train to Karlsruhe. Nearly empty, I had...
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KB Cook
- Jul 30
- 10 min
Germany II: 15 May Trier, 16 May Koblenz, 17 May Mainz, 18 May Speyer
Fortunately, while domestic (Luxembourg) rail was transferred to bus services, to cross the border into Germany involved an actual train....
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KB Cook
- Jul 18
- 13 min
France 2: 9 May Laon; 10 May Reims; 11 May Nancy; 12 May Metz
Review of 6 eastern French cathedral towns, featuring those churches, as well as my experiences over 4 days.
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KB Cook
- Jun 21
- 6 min
Belgium: 30 April-1 May Liege; 2 May Namur; 4 May Tournai
Arising at 8:30 in Essen on Sunday morning, I dawdled a bit, leaving for the train station an hour later. I'd opted for the later train,...
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KB Cook
- Jun 11
- 14 min
24-30 April: Germany: Bremen & Essen
24-27 Bremen Monday morning and awakening at 8, the shower was a bit warmer but still had no pressure. Checked out, I was on the street...
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KB Cook
- Jun 2
- 5 min
22-24 April: Amsterdam
Saturday morning I was up at 8, out at 8:45, on the 9:04 Sprint to Utrecht Centraal and the 9:29 to Amsterdam Centraal. Leaving the train...
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KB Cook
- May 27
- 7 min
19-21 April: Utrecht-based
Wednesday morning I was up with the muffled sounds of announcements in the hallways, and cleaned up, mostly packed, and headed for my...
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KB Cook
- May 16
- 7 min
16-18 April: three calls in ports
Sunday morning found the ship docked outside the harbor in Plymouth, England. This was our first port in Europe, even though the British...
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KB Cook
- May 7
- 1 min
Notre-Dame de Paris
Sunday, May 7, 2023, which was Mother's Day in France, was a day which had breaking clouds with the sun slipping through now and again....
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