Our great friends and neighbors, Steve and Linda Service, arrived yesterday. We met them at the Torino train station and I was jumping up and down like a child when I saw them walking down the binario. After all those … Continue reading →
This was one of my favorite kind of days in Italy–when we just “live” here and do our daily routine. We started with coffee just down the street but it wasn’t nearly as good as the previous one. And on … Continue reading →
A little less than a year ago, I messaged Diana about our dates in Alba and the possibility of a visit. And today was the day it actually, happily happened. We started out the day with coffee at the same … Continue reading →
We awoke to rain again. Here is our side view, of the restaurant, from the little balcony outside our room. Anyway, after a very nice breakfast in the agriturismo we drove, about 3 minutes, into Orta San Giulio.The original plan … Continue reading →
We had to have the car back to Frankfurt airport by 9:00, so we left Julias thinking we would have plenty of time for our 11:00 flight. Returning the car was smooth, as was checking in at Luftansa, despite the … Continue reading →
It wasn’t raining at breakfast so we decided to go to Mainz for a German city experience. Of course, the rain began as we were parking the car there. Feeling my most intrepid traveler self, I put on my rain … Continue reading →
The harvest is over and the grape leaves are putting on a show of yellow. Everywhere there isn’t a village there are vineyards. Like Napa, Chianti or Piedmont, this makes for gorgeous landscape views. We started out the day with … Continue reading →
Finally! Sometimes I feel like waiting for these trips is like pregnancy. Those last weeks really drag. For us we had plenty left to do in the final hours, just enough to keep us from going crazy just sitting with … Continue reading →