RAINY DAY IN PISA
Again I reflect on our winter trip to Italy. The latitude in Tuscany roughly equivalent to Milwaukee but the Mediterranean climate brought signs of early spring to the February landscape. We were fortunate to start with a stretch of sunny cool days, but as our trip wound to a close on Saturday, March 4th, spring […]
ITALY ON A BUDGET
Marcy called me at work one afternoon last fall and announced that Gate1 Travel was having a flash sale for independent travel to Italy – just $499 for an 8 day “Heart of Tuscany” tour including airfare from New York, car, hotel, and breakfast. It sounded way too good to be true, but we called […]
ALLEZ À GAUCHE NE VONT PAS À DROITE
May 2017 Kaleidoscope of France Gate1 Tour This is a tale of jet lag, and I hope I have my French correct. The title is supposed to say “Go to the left, do not go the right” Our Tour of France adventure began Saturday, May 20th as we departed home at noon for the […]
MEMORY LANE
43 years ago, we came to San Francisco on our honeymoon. We loved it then and still love it now! Our jam-packed week in California comes to an end tomorrow as we head back home at 6:00 am. Just a few pics from today…
CALIFORNIA DREAMING …
I had the opportunity to attend a conference in San Francisco, and Marcy and I decided to add a couple days to the trip and “pop over” to Fresno so we could visit Yosemite, King’s Canyon and Sequoia National Parks. Google Maps declared that it was about a 3 1/2 hour drive from the […]
THE AMALFI COAST
It has been several months now since our excursion to Amalfi from Sorrento, but we remain committed to finishing video highlights of our trip. Some of our productions came fairly easy, but we labored over this one for well over a month. We were long in production for a number of reasons. I […]
