Since we originally began planning our trip to Europe, the Cinque Terre portion of the Italian Riviera was a must-do! We saved it for a time frame when we would not require internet because the tiny fishing villages are just not connected like we normally would need them to be. While there – we had…
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Rome Rewind Redux
Yes, it’s been two weeks since we were in Rome, but obviously, we are terribly behind in posts. Lots of those coming. While in Switzerland last week, I wrote a really long post on my iPod Touch with the spiffy WordPress app. Of course, when I went to post the darn thing, the app crashed. …
Doing the “Must-Dos” of Rome
The past three days have been a whirlwind of sightseeing and tons and tons and tons of walking. We visited the Colosseum on Tuesday – it really is enormous and a feat of engineering built by Jewish slaves – it was good to be a Roman citizen. Part of it was destroyed centuries ago in…
Definitely Different Rome
We arrived in Rome yesterday afternoon and spent four hours trying to get into our apartment. It’s a very long story that I won’t spend more energy on but essentially we are in the fifth apartment we saw along the way and boy is it ever “interesting”. Again – no more complaining. We are moving…
Siena, Italy: Piazza Del Campo
As the shade extends, so does the blanket of loungers and loiterers. Families with bird chasers and friends chatting over gelato and frappes. Couples’ attempts at self portraits either timer-assisted or arm’s width away. Randoms with snacks and beer. All comfortably co-existing, nearly rubbing elbows and not minding a bit.
Beautiful and Relaxing Firenze
We are staying in Florence (Firenze) for about a week – renting a lovely apartment for the same cost as a hotel room and absolutely loving it! We’ve spent so much less on food by cooking most of the time and have really made use of the washing machine in the hot, sweaty heat of…
A Baby Jesus Here and a Baby Jesus There…Here a Baby, There a Baby, Everywhere a Baby Jesus….
Today we headed in the late afternoon to brave the heat and the crowds of Florence (Firenze) and intended only to do the Rick Steve’s walking tour of the city and to arrange for reservations later this week to two of the major art museums in town. We figured there’d be a slim chance of…
Lake Como and Verona and Venice — Oh My!!!
…sorry if the pics aren’t ordered next to the corresponding text but sometimes it just doesn’t turn out that way in Word Press….you’ll just have to try to keep up! Where to begin? We have spent the past few days touring amazing cities – more beautiful than I had ever imagined they could be! Lake…
Leonardo Da Vinci – he really was a genius…
I know that sounds like DUH — but SERIOUSLY, I’m not kidding – this man was brilliant! So yesterday, we spent most of our time at the National Museum of Science and Technology with our buddy Leonardo. What an amazing man! He contributed so much to Italy and the world. The museum was filled with…
Milan, where capitalism actually isn’t everything…
We have spent the past few days in Milano. It is a beautiful city in Northern Italy and we have enjoyed our time here – especially the free wifi in the hotel and the quiet room for the down time we needed. We visited the Duomo which was built over the course of six centuries,…