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 […]
ITALIAN GROCERY SHOPPING – ATTACKS HERE THE WRONG LABEL
We always try and keep Marcy’s commitment to healthy eating in mind, so before we came here we decided to check out Italian grocery stores. This led us to a YouTube video on fruit and vegetable purchasing protocol. The short summary is “Don’t a Touch!” In large chains, we were told that you will find […]
ON LEARNING ITALIAN
When we booked this trip last summer, I purposed that I would learn enough to get by. I got a Duolingo account, bought Rick Steves’ phrase book and got a copy of Pimsular Italian. I confess that I was a bit lax, but come on, I should at least get past “bonjourno”… Is it “hello?”, […]
FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF ITALY – SHOES AND CIGARETTES
Italian customs is the easiest we have ever encountered. If I had not said “bonjourno” (to Marcy’s chagrin) we would have probably gotten through with just the sound of the agent’s imprint stamp striking our new passports and nary a word. Last year, we flew home from Linate, which is Milan’s answer to Laguardia – […]
CHAMONIX-MONT-BLANC, FRANCE
Today’s excursions took us across Lake Geneva to France. Our first stop was the medieval city of Yvoire, and from there our tour bus drove us an hour south to Chamonix-Mont-Blanc in the heart of the French Alps. Lunch in France sounded so exotic to us, but our excitement was dampened a bit by […]
BERN, SWITZERLAND
It was hard for us to appreciate the beautiful city of Bern because it was so hot the day we visited. Air temperatures were climbing toward 100 degrees and the cobblestone streets were even hotter. Nevertheless, we pressed on, finding shade under the arched covered sidewalks and inside the beautiful Gothic Münster Cathedral. The cold […]
