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The blog of MSC MERAVIGLIA-voyage starts in Bern, Switzerland with a dinner with a previous fellowcruiser of a voyage we had ten years ago.

 

Passing the Swiss mountains on the way to Genoa, Italy. Passing the Lake Maggiore. Next day we were going on board.

 

http://heinbloed-msc.blogspot.com/2017/11/tagday-0-auf-dem-weg-zuron-voyage-to.html

 

The blog took on board of MSC MERAVIGLIA in Genoa, Italy: Yacht Club makes addicting. From the first second when we handed over the baggage in front of the Ponte dei Mille cruise terminal. Never before we got so fast onboard! Yacht Club is a great product. Only the cabin should more constructed useful. A walkable closet like with Princess and more stowage space (drawers) and it would become my favorite product. I should buy with IKEA some more under-the-bed-drawers and took them with me. Food is a big difference compared to the Club-Restaurant of the Italian competitor and unfortunately also to The Haven of the US-competitor: I always though: that was great with NCL - but you can find improvements as you can find out here.

 

And a great crew, who really were pampering us. Not just in the Yacht Club.

 

The blog continues in Naples, Italy

 

http://heinbloed-msc.blogspot.ch/2017/11/tagday-1-auf-deron-msc-meraviglia-in.html

 

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Thanks for introducing Catherine and myself to The Maples(B&B) in Hythe, England a few years ago.

WE will be, again, staying at The Maples for the NCL Bliss' inaugural crosssing (from Southampton to NYC - April, 2018).

 

WE also plan on re-taking the http://hytheferry.co.uk/ for a night at the Coriander Restaurant in Southampton.

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g186299-d1742460-Reviews-Coriander_Lounge-Southampton_Hampshire_England.html

It was such a lovely evening !

Michael

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Thanks for introducing Catherine and myself to The Maples(B&B) in Hythe, England a few years ago.

WE will be, again, staying at The Maples for the NCL Bliss' inaugural crosssing (from Southampton to NYC - April, 2018).

 

WE also plan on re-taking the http://hytheferry.co.uk/ for a night at the Coriander Restaurant in Southampton.

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g186299-d1742460-Reviews-Coriander_Lounge-Southampton_Hampshire_England.html

It was such a lovely evening !

Michael

 

Indeed - great memories - thanks for bringing it back and Happy Holidays!

 

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The blog on MSC MERVIGLIA continues: Day 2 in Naples, Italy.

 

Bella Napoli means for us always rain, rain, rain... After MSC MUSICA, NORWEGIAN JADE it was rain again.

 

Sometime it worked. But exception this time no pizza - but with culture: San Martino.

 

We loved our oasis on board!!!

 

Friends on NORWEGIAN SPIRIT: so close - but still so far away, but the next day in Messina, Italy - here we are back again.

 

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Day 3 of my blog takes you to Messina, Sicily, Italy.

 

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Sh... weather should not be a reason not going cruising. You know there is no bad weather but just wrong clothing.

 

In the oasis of the Yacht Club of MSC MERAVIGLIA bad weather does not play a major role.

 

Especially bad weather in Messina, Sicily should not block you to make an excursion to Mount Etna.

 

There we had fog, coldness, snow but also sun and rain. Our friend Antonio took us very liably there.

 

To our long-term crew friends we need to count Ana who was on NORWEGIAN SPIRIT. Good reasons to say hello even we make this time new crew friends on MSC MERAVIGLIA.

 

A great team around Concierge Filippe, Head Butler Thierry and Butler Edwin who delivered great support 30 minutes before set sail to get off the ship to the pier because our driver Antonio called to let me know that he found something in his car.

 

Back onboard we had the first of two festive nights. I was nice surprised what they offered in the gala nights. You need to be very disappointed if you expected Pizza, Spaghetti Bolognese and Ravioli only. I was thinking about to jump between the courses between the Yacht Club Restaurant and the Main Dining Room.

 

Great: the pizza-offer until 02:00 hrs. It was realy busy. Many families who celebrated the Italian lifestyle with a piece of COMPLIMENTARY pizza.

 

http://heinbloed-msc.blogspot.com/2017/11/tagday-3-auf-deron-msc-meraviglia-in.html

 

See you in Valletta, Malta

 

Regards

HeinBloed

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Already Day 4 of our voyage on MSC MERAVIGLIA: Valletta, Malta.

 

Meeting again Sabine Attard to experience Valletta after many many years. Many changes made the tour very interesting.

 

And seeing again our very first MSC ship 10 years ago: MSC MUSICA.

 

The last reunion with a good friend NORWEGIAN SPIRIT which we will see in February 2018 again with GSM Bon Bon and HD Armando da Silva.

 

And onboard of MSC MERAVIGLIA they carried us on their arms... while I urgently need a wheel chair... too much good food and cobble stones...

 

Still again no Cirque de Soleil-Show due to technical problems. At least a sneak view to the theater.

 

The blog continues with a day at sea.

 

http://heinbloed-msc.blogspot.com/2017/11/tagday-4-auf-deron-msc-meraviglia-in-la.html

 

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HeinBloed

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It is totally terrible: The zenith of the MSC MAGNIFICA voyage had been passed. The day at sea was really relaxing - unfortunately the 5th day of the voyage.

 

Time to do absolutely nothing. Time to make some pictures from those who really took great care of us: all our butlers and all our waiters in the Yacht Club.

 

Few parties. Another great show: Virtual. Great dance performance.

 

And a true big problem on board: no taylor-store on board to extend your pants - too much good food: lunch at Butcher's Cut the meal for Black Members. Great Service!!!

 

And in the evenig the Gala-Dinner. Never get such a giant lobster tail before. I assume you had such ones when ANDREA DORIA was in operation. No comparison to our previous MSC-cruises. 10 years ago on MSC MUSICA we had baby lobster tails...

 

http://heinbloed-msc.blogspot.com/2017/11/seetagday-at-sea-5-auf-deron-msc.html

 

I am back from Barcelona, Spain with Day 6 soon.

 

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HeinBloed

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Day 6 of our cruise on MSC MERAVIGLIA took us to Barcelona, Spain.

 

As usually Eva took care of that our friends Sylvia and Gunnar was taken from the airport to the port.

 

After that we went to our usual tour to the fortress, Mirador, Miramar and MNAC: to breath Barcelona air and to enjoy the view.

 

Finally we made it to Mauri which we missed last time because it was closed on Sunday. Thanks for the recommendation Beny!!!

 

And for a long while we did again a Color- and Smelltherapy in the nicest market hall worldwide: La Bogueria.

 

Our cruise comes to the end and so it was sad to take our friends to the beginning of their cruise.

 

No Barcelona visit without a harbour cruise. Just a paradise for shipspotter.

 

http://heinbloed-msc.blogspot.com/2017/11/tagday-6-auf-deron-msc-meraviglia-in.html

 

Sad that only Marseille, France comes and soon the end in Genoa, Italy.

 

Regards

HeinBloed

 

and Happy New Year

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Unfortunately the nicest voyage will come to the end: as our voyage on MSC MERAVIGLIA will do too very soon. Only one more stop in Marseille, France.

 

Meeting again Chantal. Meeting again Christian whom we knew from NORWEGIAN ESCAPE.

 

The weather was a dream.

 

In the night we had two shows: unfortunately the farewell-show (for those guests who were embarking soon in Genoa, Italy) and finally Cirque de Soleil. But I was too tired to absorb and to like it. So sad that it worked finally at our last day of the cruise.

 

It will be hard to say goodbye from a great crew. And they made it hard to me like Sandro did.

 

The blog of day 7 from Marseille, Cirque du Soleil and the Yacht Club.

 

http://heinbloed-msc.blogspot.com/2017/11/tagday-7-auf-deron-msc-meraviglia-in.html

 

And then we are back in Genoa, Italy. A week which came very quickly to the end.

 

Regards

HeinBloed

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Time to say Good Bye. MSC MERAVIGLIA. Mille Grazie per tutti. I will miss the crew and the Yacht Club.

 

Frankly spoken: Cruising with MSC has changed: new ships, new offers and the Yacht Club. Maybe I had the right feeling to set up for my MSC-voyages a blog of its own instead of squeezing MSC into the collector.

 

A 30th birthday was in the center of attention of the last breakfast.

 

So we had a great tour as part of the birtday packages in Portofino (no - we did not go on a Royal Caribbean Ship for lunch!!!, Santa Margherita (we had to skip 2010 on OCEAN PRINCESS because they needed an extra-EU-port - what a shame!!!) and Carmogli (Suggestion of Davide who could not drive us this time and found a very nice and liable friend to drive us: Andrea).

 

We could not made it onboard but now ashore - and a good occassion to start or to terminate a voyage on MSC: Eating with Eataly.

 

A very special thank to Anzhela and Adi: Service which did not terminate at the gangway or with the end of the cruise!

 

So far I always said: take other as samples. But you could say for many items: take a specimen on MSC. They made it very well: to "steal" an idea and to improve.

 

Ciao MSC SEAVIEW 2018. Then just "ordinary" Bella. Let us see how it comes.

 

http://heinbloed-msc.blogspot.com/2017/11/tagday-8-auf-deron-msc-meraviglia-in.html

 

The cruise came here to the end - but not our voyage. Few ships were following during the voyage and many yummy items. See you the next day in Parma, Modena and Bologna, Italy.

 

Regards

HeinBloed

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The second but last chapter of the blog after MSC MERAVIGLIA.

 

Nothing for people who are on diet:

 

Days 09 and 10 took us further to Parma, Modena, Bologna, San Daniele del Friuli (all Italy), Ljubljana (Slovenia)...

 

also ham - balsamic vinegar - Tagliatelle Bolognese - ham - Cevapcici

 

And also Marghera, Venice, Monfalcone and Trieste (all Italy) also CARNIVAL HORIZON, NIEUW STATENDAM, BERLIN, MSC SEASIDE, ARTHUSA and MSC ARMONIA

 

http://heinbloed-msc.blogspot.com/2017/11/tageday-9-10-nach-derafter-msc.html

 

And soon the end is coming

 

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HeinBloed

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The last chapter of the blog after MSC MERAVIGLIA for days 11-13

 

Homeward bound from Villach, Austria via Lake Millstatt - Lienz - Oberdrauburg - Gerlos - Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany to Kempten, Germany

 

Coffee - Austrian part of my family - Belly - Cream Puff - Roastbeef

 

The end is in St. Raphael.

 

http://heinbloed-msc.blogspot.com/2017/11/tagedays-11-13-nach-derafter-msc.html

 

And this is also beginning of the next cruise: St. Raphael is the patron saint in Córdoba, Spain - Seeing again good friends ahead of and on NORWEGIAN SPIRIT.

 

See you next time

HeinBloed

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