Travel – Cavallini & Co. – 1000 pieces

This Christmas gift was the second of the puzzles that I picked out myself over Facetime call, I did a pretty good job don’t you think? It was lots of fun to put together, and even though it was on my board much longer than normally takes for a 1000 piece puzzle I was sad when it was over.

Cavallini & Co. puzzles are good quality, but quite expensive in my opinion. There are a variety of shapes, but most of the pieces are ballerinas. The fit is good, if a bit loose, the image reproduction is very good, but the finish is a bit shiny and darker areas can be difficult to work under artificial lights. Overall I’d give the brand a “good” rating. The puzzle comes in a tube, which isn’t ideal for those who keep their puzzles, it’s much harder to shelve than rectangular or square boxes; and the pieces come in a cloth bag which makes disassembly and repackaging annoyingly more time-consuming than it already is. As a bit of a pedant I also find it annoying that their packaging says “vintage puzzle”- that is just untrue. They are all new puzzles and the only thing vintage about them is perhaps the images. Just my two cents, of course.

I always like a section of a collage whose pieces are so very easy to pick out when I’m sorting. This was the easiest section to find all the pieces for – plus, it’s in the states. Gotta love “the Wonder City” – though I don’t ever recall hearing that nickname for New York before.

This was another section with easy to find pieces, and the assembly was lots of fun too.

The giraffe in this section was much more difficult to assemble than I bargained for, and I was shocked at how much it hurt my brain to try and get this one together. Perhaps it was the pain meds, but I rather think it was just that I wasn’t in the right head space when I was putting this part together. The rest of the puzzle didn’t seem that difficult, it was just this tall guy here giving me fits. 🦒

Overall it was a lovely puzzle, with beautiful old travel posters that made for an entertaining and absorbing assembly. Can’t ask for much more than that!