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To go or not to go? That is the question We missed Venice on our first time through Italy, back in March, when this little adventure began. But, my travel planner extraordinaire, Carrie, had a plan, and it worked perfectly. “We’ll need to go almost directly through Venice on our way to France from…
Time Click the link at the end of this sentence to listen to Pink Floyd while reading this post (It will help). Pink Floyd at Pompeii Warning: Non-Pink Floyd fans may have difficulty with this post. A Pink Floyd Place Pompeii screams: “Time – Your moments on this rock are ticking away, don’t fritter and waste the…
Putting Rome into Perspective Of course Rome is different. Ancient Roman structures still stand all over the city. There’s the Forum, the Coliseum, the Pantheon, massive fountains, and great piazzas. We don’t really have anything like that in our little town in Arizona (Clarkdale) unless you count Tuzigoot, which is impressive, but not Rome-impressive. It…
I’ve sung the praises of small towns so often that I feel like a broken record. In case you missed it, Pat’s recent post on Diacceto is yet another verse of the same song. This time the town is Sacrofano, a small town just north of Rome. I won’t keep you in suspense, Sacrofano is…
Tourists, Tourists Everywhere Florence is a photographer’s dream. Incredibly unique and beautiful architecture, sculptures, fountains, and people of all shapes, sizes, and cultures, all waiting for that special moment to be captured. Realizing the scope of the adventure, Carrie booked a photo walk tour through Airbnb’s experience feature. The experience is basically a half day event…
We’ve all seen the beautiful photographs of the sunbathed Tuscan hillsides, replete with vineyard after vineyard. But Tuscany is more than just a pretty face, it’s also the birthplace of some of the greatest minds and artists of all time; Leonardo da Vinci, Niccolo Machiavelli, Lorenzo de’ Medici, Galileo Galilei, and of course Dante Alighieri,…
Back in Travel-mode When we arrived in Genoa after three weeks on the road it finally felt like we were back in the groove again. We navigated all modes of transportation, found good fresh produce, an amicable butcher, a brilliant baker, and a wine supplier all in the first day. These are important things for…
Do we properly live up to our motto: Wine Drinkers With a Hiking Problem? OK, we take the definition of hiking VERY loosely. To us, it can mean anything from a 30 minute hike into the Arizona mountains, all the way to a 6 month adventure through Europe by planes, trains, and automobiles. So, with…
Feltre is the perfect place to spend a week and just chill. It sits to the south of the Dolomites in the foothills, has a historic center, museums, and parks. If you get lucky with your accommodation, like we did, you might wind up with a set of glass doors and a balcony aimed right…
Nope. I forgot about the roads. The roads, at least in this part of Italy are terrible, not because of their condition but because there is not one square intersection anywhere. When stopped at a traffic light, one must make a decision on which one of the dozen available roads to take to get you…
