MSC Sinfonia – Day 1 – Genoa

19 Nov 2007

Travel

Leaving Milan by train –
 milan station/milansign
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We were on our way to Genoa. Train reservations are a must – even so – the car was packed. So packed with people that all the large suitcases wound up out in the hall at parade rest up against the outside wall. Not an issue till someone tries to walk through the area, or worse, wheel a snack cart.
End result is that several of us wound up crouched on our seats with the center of the compartment filled with luggage. And wooden knitting needles don’t like to be stepped on.

We didn’t get a lot of time in Genoa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genoa and http://www.timeout.com/travel/genoa/intro.html ) since we elected to try and check in (ditch the luggage).

By the time we managed to do that – it hardly seemed worth the effort to go back into the city.
Besides, they were offering Free Lunch up in one of the dining areas.


The ship is the Sinfonia.
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Also seen here, here and here,
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Leading to this
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and finally here – in the cheap seats!
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Thank you for surviving all the pictures of the ship – I promise I won’t do that to you again.

There are the important things – like Genoa Harbor –
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Or the nice starting digital map that is on several screens throughout the ship.

 genoamap

Socks

Wicked is finished.

wickedcomplete19nov07

So I pulled out Rivendell, going from a partial cuff to this –

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to this
 firstrivendell
over the day. The detail on the top looks like this –

rivendell-detail

Audio Books

Finished Too Many Cooks – by Rex Stout. Written in 1938, the publisher notes at the beginning that there maybe portions that will offend most today. Rather than edit the book, the original has been left intact, feeling that the reader is able to distinguish and handle those parts themselves.

Nero Wolfe (the main character), besides being severely obsess, is a frank misogynist. Set in West Virginia, people of colour might not have been slaves, but the attitude toward them was less than sterling. I don’t think it hurts to be reminded of how much change we have seen in the last 60 years, both in attitude by the white male and in law.

-Holly

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About Holly

fiber person - knitter, spinner, weaver who spent 33 years being a military officer to fund the above. And home. And family. Sewing and quilting projects are also in the stash. After living again in Heidelberg after retiring (finally) from the U.S. Army May 2011, we moved to the US ~ Dec 2015. Something about being over 65 and access to health care. It also might have had to do with finding a buyer for our house. Allegedly this will provide me a home base in the same country as our four adult children, all of whom I adore, so that I can drive them totally insane. Considerations of time to knit down the stash…(right, and if you believe that…) and spin and .... There is now actually enough time to do a bit of consulting, editing. Even more amazing - we have only one household again. As long as everyone understands that I still, 40 years into our marriage, don't do kitchens or bathrooms. For that matter, not being a golden retriever, I don't do slippers or newspapers either. I don’t miss either the military or full-time clinical practice. Limiting my public health/travel med/consulting and lecturing to “when I feel like it” has let me happily spend my pension cruising, stash enhancing (oops), arguing with the DH about where we are going to travel next and book buying. Life is good!
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One Response to MSC Sinfonia – Day 1 – Genoa

  1. fbz says:

    It looks like a lovely sock, but I can’t see the detail pic, gives me a 404 error. Oh well I’ll check it out when you get back from your trip on ravelry.

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