A Travel Journal
If anyone made it through ‘Parte uno’ this post will cover Accommodations, Weekends and Friends, and Location and Facilities; again divided into sections for 2017 and 2019. Here’s what I’ve learned to look for with respect to Accommodations, Location and Read More …
https://www.michelangelo-edu.it This post morphed into a much longer article than I planned (even longer than my typical posts) so I’ve divided it into two articles. ‘Parte uno” covers ‘Placement, classes and activities’ while ‘Parte due’ covers ‘Weekends, Accommodations, Facilities and Read More …
I’ve been fortunate to see Il Carro Matto twice, in 2017 and 2019. I initially found information about it at visitflorence.com before attending Istituto Michelangelo in 2017, realizing it was scheduled for my second Saturday in Firenze. When I signed Read More …
I’ve visited Lucca and the Garfagnana three times, in 2015, 2016 and 2019, (each time with my sister). Lucca is one of my favorite towns in Tuscany and I love the beautiful mountains and little villages of the Garfagnana. But Read More …
I’ve visited Pisa twice and in all honesty I did not expect to like it since the Leaning Tower is more or less synonymous with ‘tourist trap.’ But if you can ignore the idiots standing on the fence (contrary to Read More …
When I wrote a post about Venice after my first visit in October 2017, (see Venice post) I said I wasn’t drawn to return because it wasn’t the warm culture that I had experienced in Tuscany and southern Italy. A Read More …
Croatia Since visiting Dubrovnik in October 2017, I wanted to see more of Croatia and researched various options. I’ve written a post (Thoughts on choosing a tour) that includes information on how I chose Gate 1 for our 2019 Croatia Read More …
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. Read More …
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 Read More …
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 Read More …