Where not to Stay, Italy

  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 …

Five days in Rome, off season

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 …

Where to eat, Roma e Firenze, 2023

  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 …