Anello means ring
The morning was beautifully sunny so we decided to go on a hike of the Anello della Rupe, a ring trail around the whole town. By the time we were ready to leave, a fog had rolled in but I … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Falll 2019
Intro to Orvieto
Priority number one here in Orvieto is the duomo, La Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta. We headed there through some back streets until we looked up to see this: Not the best light, but you get the idea of what … Continue reading →
Moving on
Last day for Arezzo and I really wanted to go to the Medici Fortress. We took a short walk for coffee in a new direction from the B&B. Then, since we needed to be out of the room by 10:30, … Continue reading →
Arezzo
The day began with breakfast in the B&B followed by our morning walk to the TIM store. I had to be sure that everything is set for my phone for the next month. We got coffee on the way. (The … Continue reading →
Ciao Toscana
It was time to leave Venice. Never enough, we both agreed. Elisa walked us (carrying my suitcase) to the boat and we could see the sun rising over Venice. I took this shot from the vap: The train ride went … Continue reading →
Arrivederci Venezia
Our last day. 🙁 Very high water, up to 155 was predicted for noon time so we went out fairly early for a short walk around our little neighborhood. Puppa was closed with plenty of water on the calle so … Continue reading →
Unexpectedly Awesome
Again our goal for the day was to see the Hillary emails exhibit. So we took a leisurely walk to Strada Nuova, stopping for coffee at Puppa on the way. And…it was still closed. We got a few things to … Continue reading →
And again
I really have very little to write. We spent the whole morning inside because of the threat of exceptionally high acqua alta, over 155 again. Watching out the windows we could see the water rising, overtaking our walkway gently and … Continue reading →
Il Sole
The sun was shining! I was happy for the Venetians to have some light and drier weather to continue the clean up of this devastated city. In general, many more shops and restaurants were open today but many are still … Continue reading →
Disastro
When I woke up, I had no idea about what had happened during the night. I did my blog, first thing, as usual and opened Facebook to see I had actually slept through a disaster. This was not acqua … Continue reading →