BELLAGIO

The last days of our Italy trip ended with Marcy and I contracting a virus. More on that later, but the after-effects lasted until just a few days ago.  We had visions of blogging and sharing stories of our trip, but we just weren’t up to it until now.   I can’t believe that it took […]

ROME

 I know I’ve posted a lot of pictures, and I assume that those who have no interest just keep on scrolling. Hope I haven’t aggravated with my frequent posts, but it really has been a thrilling (and exhausting) two weeks. We have learned much, met some great people, walked many miles, and laughed a lot! […]

ROME – THE VATICAN

It was a very long, hard day in Rome yesterday. We were struggling after picking up “the bug” that seems to be making its way through our tour group, but managed to carry on anyway. Saw the more well known piazzas and fountains as well as St. Peter’s Basilica and Square, the Vatican Museum, Sistine […]

THE AMALFI COAST

  We generally carry our lunch and find a good spot for a midday picnic. On this day just as we started to eat, an older German couple asked if they could join us. We had a good time talking with them, all of us struggling somewhat with the language barrier, but it certainly provided […]

THE BIG EYE

“It is not JUST coffee.” I can confirm that the travel guides are right about rules for drinking coffee here. We have had a number of cappuccinos, every one of them so far has been a masterpiece of preparation, including the ones we bought at travel stops. (I have mastered “Due cappuccino portale” – or […]

BEAUTIFUL MAY WEATHER IN ITALY

We are on the bus and it is a long ride to from Venice to Lucca. While I am still feeling the effects of the morning cappuccino, I figured I would do some blogging. Unfortunately, I could not come up with an eye-grabbing headline. The weather has been mostly perfecto… Our first tour day morning […]