Enrico's Travel Blog

October 6, 2026 Tuesday Le Méridien Hotel, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain We have the entire day off before we start our Tauck Tour with Mike & Maddie. We usually plan an extra day into our travels just in case something goes awry. While yesterday’s flight was quite literally the flight from hell, we did still manage to get to Barcelona on our scheduled day. Having that extra day allows us to relax and, possibly, recover from the travel day. We got going later than usual thi

Monday – Travel Day Malpensa Airport, Ferno, Lombardia, Italia > Barcelona El Prat Josep Tarradellas Airport, between the municipalities of El Prat de Llobregat, Viladecans and Sant Boi > Le Méridien Hotel, Barcelona, Spain That was a mouthful. Wednesday, we start our first Tauck Tour. We are going today because there is no flight on Tuesday. We are going to take a tour of La Sagrada Família on Tuesday. Mike and Maddie arrive late on Tuesday and have a dinner planned with f

October 4, 2026 Sunday – Torino, Piemonte, Italia > Malpensa Airport, Ferno, Lombardia, Italia É il Aeroporto di Milano Feeling much better today. Unfortunately woke up very early just after it had gone 04:00. Managed to stay in bed until 06:00. Showered, shaved and dressed and downstairs in the breakfast room by 07:00. Back up in the room at 07:20, and off to the laundromat at 07:25. Got to the laundromat at 07:50. The door electronically unlocked at 07:55. The laundry w