A Travel Journal
I have been fortunate to visit Montalcino and surrounding towns five times between 2000 and 2021; staying, all but one of those times, for 2-4 days. I’ve divided this post by towns (borghi) and then by years with separate sections Read More …
Apartments or hotels?Before I write about some of my favorite hotels, I want to comment on the growing trend to stay in apartments typically through VRBO or Air BnB. During our 2015 trip in France and Italy we met several Read More …
On my first trip to Europe– the bike trip in Provence–we were constantly stopping at small vineyards and cavés which was my first real introduction to wine; and as an aside biking and wine tasting can be challenging. There were Read More …
The first few museums I’m writing about are some of my favorites in Florence and Fiesole. While entire books have been written about these Renaissance icons, I hope to show them in a slightly different light with both my photos Read More …
When my sister asked me to take her to Provence (see Provence, a trip back in time post), the original itinerary was a few days in Paris and then Provence, seeing the towns and sights I had seen on Read More …
Trip One, alla Bicicletta The title of this post refers to an attempt to recapture the joys of my first European adventure, a bike trip in Provence in the early 90’s. I was living in Dallas at the time and Read More …
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 …