Entering Portico di Romagna, a small village about 65 miles from Bologna in the Apennine hills on the old road connecting Ravenna with Florence, I felt as if I was seeing the Italy of a long time ago …
An easy drive from Bologna along winding country roads brings us to an area of Italy that most tourists haven’t yet found. Our tour of hidden Emilia-Romagna starts in Modigliana and Tredozio.
We had really been excitedly anticipating this unique travel opportunity, and now we were aboard the Malpensa Express from Milan’s Malpensa Airport, the best and least expensive way to get to the Milan’s city center.
Like seals on a rock, people lounge across the ‘sand’ of the Piazza del Campo. The bricks of the scallop-shaped piazza are still warm from the day, adding to the sensation of sitting on the beach.
Whenever we mentioned to someone that we would be spending two nights on the island of Molokai, we got common responses. “Oh, it’s very peaceful there.”, “There is only one grocery store.”, or “There’s nothing to do.” Yet others said that Molokai was their favorite island.
Two years after taking a tour of the Celebrity Millennium, I’m still cruiseless. Recently, I had an opportunity to tour another luxury ship, the Celebrity Solstice — this time with Mr. TWS. Is a cruise in Traveling with Sweeney’s future?
