Even though Brussels and Milan airports have been snowed in for the past several days, yesterday our flight managed to find the one brief window of blue sky get us to our destination. Then it was merely a late bus, an infrequent train, a confusing metro, and a one more delayed train to get to Genova. Our flight landed at 10:30 AM, and we arrived here at 5:00 PM, thankful to have arrived at all. Much to our dismay, most of the restaurants here don’t even think about opening until at least 7:00pm, but we managed to find a great little pizza place nearby for our first taste of Italian Italian.

Today, we explore Genova before boarding the cruise ship that will be our home for the next nine nights, as it takes us through the Mediterranean.