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 similar experiences. Plus my own blog gives me more freedom to express my opinion. Over […]
Read MoreVenice
In the past I’d never had a burning desire to see Venice, having heard it called Disneyland and a shopping mall with a river running through it. But once my sister and I booked a cruise to the Greek Islands which started in Venice, we decided to add another night and day to (what should […]
Read MoreFlorence and Fiesole, parte due
This post will be an extension of my first Florence post as well as my Flying Solo and Attitude is Everything posts. If anyone out there read the latter posts, they know that when I published them, I was getting ready to head to Florence to take a two week course in Italian. I took […]
Read MoreVerona and Padua
I started this article while I was still in Verona but got sidetracked leaving for Venice and then the Greek Islands. It has a different ambiance (for lack of a better word) than other towns and cities I’ve visited in Italy and not at all what I expected. After reading the section on Verona multiple times […]
Read MoreThe Greek Islands and the Dalmatian Coast
Before I get to the topic of this blog, I have to write a short discourse on ‘cruising.’ My sister had wanted to go to the Greek Islands forever and the only logical way seemed to be on a cruise. While she had been on a Caribbean cruise, I had never cruised and had no […]
Read MoreAttitude is Everything
I’ve been threatening to write this article ever since I started my blog but it seems especially relevant now (September 2017). As I mentioned in my most recent post, Flying Solo, I’m leaving for Italy September 21st and will spend the first two weeks alone, living in an apartment in Florence while attending a […]
Read MoreFlying solo
My love for travel I’m not sure what genetic mutation made me yearn to travel from the time I was in high school but I certainly didn’t pass it on to my daughter although it may have skipped a generation to her older son–time will tell there, but he at least has the beginnings of […]
Read MoreOstuni and the Puglia
This post will overlap somewhat with my Flying Solo post since my experience in this area came through a volunteer trip helping teach English in Ostuni. According to the travel guides, summer in the Puglia region of southern Italy is hot and dry which may account for the fact that there seem to be fewer […]
Read MorePlaces to Eat
Restaurants, wine bars and other fun places Before I write about some of my favorite restaurants (plus a few places to avoid or that were disappointing) I want to talk about why I generally love the dining experience in France and Italy. My daughter says I’m the slowest eater in the Western Hemisphere and maybe […]
Read MoreRome
This will be a fairly short article, at least for me, since this past September 2016 was my first visit to Rome and we only had two nights and a day and a half there. But I wanted to share a few thoughts and pictures on what we did. Since our walking tour ended in […]
Read MoreThe Towns of Chianti
Florence and Fiesole as well as Siena and San Gimignano are the topics of separate blogs. This article will be about the smaller towns of Chianti that I’ve come to love. It will also be an ongoing article as I add towns and more information. On my first bike trip to Italy we started at […]
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