Several months before our planned trip to France and Italy, I started checking the web sites of the US Embassies in Paris and Rome, thinking they would have the most up to date information for U.S. travelers. Those sites (as well as the web site for Delta airlines) were clear that we would need to […]
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Tutto Andrá Bene
March 24, 2020: The news over the past 2-3 weeks has been beyond distressing on many levels from every part of the world. But the situation in Italy has been heart breaking. As I write this, the death toll there now exceeds that in China and the entire country is on lock down. As I […]
Read MoreThoughts on choosing a tour group, airline or place to stay
Multi-day Tours Europeds As I wrote in my Flying solo post, the best tour I ever took was my first ever bike trip in Provence through Europeds. I stumbled on this company in the ads of my National Geographic Traveler Magazine. By sheer luck it was not only a great group of people but our guide […]
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By now anyone who’s read my ‘Finding Italy’ post must be wondering why I’ve continued to try to drive in Europe. My ‘adventures’ remind me of National Lampoon’s European Vacation. In 2015 my sister asked if we could go to Provence and see some of the towns I visited on my first bike trip. As […]
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Getting There, Parte Uno Driving and renting in Italy I started writing this post with the intent of helping others not make the same mistakes as I’ve made. By the time I’d finished writing about my first experience driving and renting in 2010, I realized I’d made so many mistakes driving that I would have […]
Read MoreA Prayer for Notre Dame
Two days ago, on Monday April 15, 2019, the world watched in horror as the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris went up in flames. Every newscaster referred to the cathedral as ‘iconic’ and it is. As of this date more of the cathedral survived than originally feared but much was destroyed. Here’s a link […]
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 […]
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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 […]
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