A Travel Journal
There must be hundreds, possibly thousands, of travel blogs so why another one? Maybe I’m egotistical enough to think I have something to share but mostly I would like to become a forum, possibly, to hear from others with Read More …
I hadn’t visited Firenze in the springtime since my second trip to Italy, molti anni fa. So after creating a less than great itinerary to Sicily, (see Firenze old and new and Firenze and Fiesole posts) I decided to finish Read More …
Impressions of Catania I chose to start my first visit to Sicily with a week’s stay in Catania and as discussed below I would definitely change my itinerary if I travel to Sicily again. I have to admit up front Read More …
Siracusa and Parco Archeologico della Neapolis https://parchiarcheologici.regione.sicilia.it/siracusa-eloro-villa-tellaro-akrai Cost: 14 euros My second day in Catania, I took a chance and booked a bus ticket to Siracusa through the website Omio and it was one of the best decisions I made Read More …
Finding my Way Around and first Impressions I arrived in Palermo mid afternoon on Friday, March 29th after a nearly 3 hour bus trip where I was forced to listen to a man behind me talking on his phone the Read More …
My sister (Susan), daughter (Laura), niece (Rachelle) and her friend, Callie, and I arrived in Firenze from Rome early afternoon, December 7, 2023; our goal being to see the lighting of the Christmas tree as well as other holiday lights. Read More …
I visited Firenze twice in November and December 2023. My first week in Firenze, I was on my own, attending a new (for me) language school, Italianme. I’ve written a brief section about the school, followed by my activities when Read More …
I’m starting this post with hotels that didn’t turn out so well, then continuing to apartments. The scenes in the gallery above show both the reasons I chose these particular hotels; i.e. my weakness for terraces, and that even Read More …
I considered putting a question mark after ‘off season’ because, unlike 2021 (see Firenze off season, parte uno and Firenze off season, parte due ) both Rome and Firenze were crazy crowded. It’s difficult to know if the crowds were Read More …
New Places Firenze Trattoria la Casalinga Via dei Michelozzi 9 (https://trattorialacasalinga.it/en/home-eng/) I ate here my last night in Firenze, after a lonely and fairly miserable week attending language school where I was forced to take private lessons. Read More …
In 2019, my sister and I took a tour of Croatia and Slovenia through Gate One Travel, (see Thoughts on choosing a tour group, airline or place to staypost). While there were aspects of the tour I didn’t like, over all Read More …