This side of the world feels dark and stormy right now, and, admittedly, the thunder has me shaking a bit. But don’t worry, that’s likely as close to political commentary as I’ll leak out into this little speck of webspace. If nothing else, I think we can all agree on a need to both escape … More If escape is needed, I’m going here…
Patience: it’s on my mind this week. “The best things come to those who wait.” “You don’t know patience until you have kids.” I’ve heard these themes from time to time, and throughout my life. It seems odd to discuss it in the travel realm, though, when parents have already given themselves the top award … More Notched, Part 4: Patience is a Traveler’s Virtue
I’m typing from home sweet home, as we arrived back yesterday afternoon, but I will catch up on our last stop in Italy now. We hit the ground running in Rome after checking into our (sweet) hotel. It was a beautiful day to take in some ancient history, anyhow. So we taxi’ed to the Coloseeum, purchased … More Rome
I just woke up from a nap in one of the lounge chairs on our balcony, as did Aaron. It is a fairly good synopsis of our time in the town of Praiano, Italy, a tiny town situated on the side of a cliff that dives into the sparkly blue Mediterranean sea on the Amalfi … More Two Days in Praiano
Mount Vesuvius overlooks the unearthed ruins of Pompeii, a Roman town that was buried under the volcano’s ashes in A.D. 79. It wasn’t until the 1700s that the town was rediscovered, and it was since excavated out of around 15 feet of ash under which it was buried. We stopped at the ruins after a … More Pompeii, with Vesuvius Watching
Sigh, sigh, sigh. I typed an entire blog about our stay in Vernazza, and managed to lose the whole thing by accident. This makes me very sad, so here is an abbreviated version. Vernazza was beautiful. A small, quaint town – one of five towns making up the Cinqueterre – where the bulk of our … More Vernazza & the Cinqueterre
Ah, Florence. Here, the roads are paved with stone and squeeze between the terracotta-roofed buildings, most of which you can safely assume are hundreds of years old. Here, our hotel has tower we can scale to view the city. You pass many tourists while walking, and many residents too. There is endless history and art … More Firenze – Rain or Shine
We left Milan via its Central Station, a beautiful building that was apparently a creation of Mussolini’s, to head towards Venice. Boarding TrenItalia, I noted with sadness that we were sharing our train car with a large tour group of older Brits, and would be sharing our seating space with a couple from that group. … More Venice
In 24 hours, I will sleeping on the plane. In 24 hours, I will be sleeping on the plane. These are the things I tell myself. I have the travel pillow, so this year the sleep must happen or Saturday in Milan I will be as hazy & disoriented as Day 1 in Munich last … More Sleeps on a Plane
Important news! My personality blur has begun; where the corporate, straight-laced, MTWRF me begins to crossover to slighly happy-go-lucky, right-brained, traveling, IDGA* me. I figured as much, at least, since my work stress seems to be starting a premature hibernation, whereas as my silly rambling is on the increase. I enter this mode 18 days prior to arriving in Milan. … More Blurring Begins!
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