Category Archives: Italia2012

Klimpt/Hoffman show

Keep Your Feet in the Street Posted on June 10, 2012 by

We made our own espresso using one of the 3 mocha pots supplied here. Not too bad but I really missed the little macchiato. The morning’s goal was to get our train tickets to go to Trieste on Monday morning. … Continue reading →

Pilates in Italian

Keep Your Feet in the Street Posted on June 9, 2012 by

I woke up all excited about going to Pilates class in Italian. We walked together, stopping for coffee at Rizzardini and going over the Rialto bridge: It was, as my teacher Sue Carpenter would say, challenging. There were 4 women … Continue reading →

Ten Thousand Steps

Keep Your Feet in the Street Posted on June 8, 2012 by

I can’t remember where I took the above photo??? But isn’t Venice pretty? Ken is having fun using the pedometer app on his iPhone. Wanting to make it to 10,000 steps each day has got us doing a ton of … Continue reading →

Waking Up in Venezia

Keep Your Feet in the Street Posted on June 7, 2012 by

I get up early–around 7:00. It’s practically silent but totally lit by the morning sun. Slowly you hear one or two people walking by, boats coming in and unloading supplies, the occasional rolling suitcase. By 8:00 the soundtrack of Venice … Continue reading →

On the Road

Keep Your Feet in the Street Posted on June 6, 2012 by

So this morning I looked out the window to this: And by afternoon I looked out our new window to this: We have also traded the sounds of small birds and leaves swishing in the breeze for church bells, boat … Continue reading →

Loving Le Marche

Keep Your Feet in the Street Posted on June 5, 2012 by

It is so beautiful, calm, quiet and really rural here at Locanda delle Valle Nuova. When we woke up we realized the weather would not be picture perfect. After a great breakfast—including a bowl of just picked strawberries and and … Continue reading →

Urbino

Keep Your Feet in the Street Posted on June 4, 2012 by

First off–I just accidentally deleted a bunch of great comments. If yours don’t appear–I read them but just clicked the wrong thing and they were gone. So sorry. Started out the morning with a sweet early stroll to literally smell … Continue reading →

A Day in Arezzo

Keep Your Feet in the Street Posted on June 3, 2012 by

Today we said goodbye to Tuscany. Checking out of La Grancia went smoothly and off we went. First stop Trequanda to get gas. Self serve is NOT self explanatory however. Lucky for us there was a really nice guy hanging … Continue reading →

Last day in Tuscany

Keep Your Feet in the Street Posted on June 2, 2012 by

Where to go??? Finally we decided to visit the Abbey at Monte Oliveto Maggiore only about a 30 minute drive from here. It was beautiful in a peaceful rural setting. The big cypress were lovely to walk through. Here’s the … Continue reading →

Red Poppies and Yellow Broom

Keep Your Feet in the Street Posted on June 1, 2012 by

Papeveri e Ginestra in Italian. Two beautiful roadside flowers that we saw today driving through the Tuscan countryside. There were many more, different varieties lining the roads, some familiar and some not, but the fields of poppies were the most … Continue reading →