I love Rinaldo. And his wife. They run “Rinaldo’s Cafe” here in the Rome Center basement…one of the few places with wireless internet. They are so cute. They basically live their lives behind their little counter. They get here early in the morning, and I’ve seen Rinaldo here until 2 in the morning. I mean Read More »
So, Como is said to be an industrial town, but historically it was set up as a defense area against attacks from the Alps. I think it is beautiful and peaceful. It is built into the mountains surrounding a very deep lake, and the villas surround every inch of the shoreline. I feel that this Read More »
After three days in Rome, we hopped on the train and headed to Venice. We arrived at our campground, Fusina, at about 3 pm. Our little “cabin” was so cute with two twin beds and a wee little bathroom. I was so upset at myself that I forgot to take pictures! We didn’t want to Read More »
Today I woke up at 11:30am! Jeff woke me up in the middle of the night saying that he couldn’t sleep. After that I couldn’t get back to sleep until almost 4am. I woke up sometime in the early morning, heard the rain and went back to bed. Yep. I said rain. Great huh? It Read More »
Italians love children. This was presented as undisputed fact before we came here, and in general it seems true, particularly where it concerns babies. I present, as example, an experience on the vaporetto (water bus) the other day. Ari and I were sitting behind a thirty-something couple. The woman cradled a baby, completely swaddled in Read More »
Here I am, back in Boston (so annoyed at the Pats’ loss to the Saints last night!), trying to fill in some of the blog holes in my trip. I am still waiting for the Berlin/Poland/Prague/most-of-Rome memory card to arrive, so until then, I’ll start filling in other things. Here are the pictures I do Read More »
Waking up early seemed like a reoccurring theme during our journey through Italy – today was no exception – we were up early and packed heading to the Naples train station. Even though it was the early morning, the humidity was probably 100%, but Grace and I have adjusted to (read learned to deal with) Read More »
With only 2 days in Rome we decided to take two guided tours – the two places we wanted to see- Colesuim and Vatican City. We arrived in Rome to the Marriot Flora ( 5 stars ), yes those travel points add up. Soft king size bed, full bath, room service and a view. Set Read More »
Friday, 26th December So, time to leave San Leone, had been a lovely 2 weeks especially having the internet so accessible which we had used for at least 7 hours and they didn’t charge us! And we didn’t remind them! Took an “inland” road making for Corleone…..which Teresa really wanted to visit, silly eh? After Read More »
Le Fonti del Clitumno sono un luogo mitico, fonte (scusate il gioco di parole) di ispirazione per poeti, soprattutto Carducci. A me non sono piaciute.
