Last Day in Udine
I woke up thinking we should not have stayed here so long but I was wrong! We had a wonderful day! We started looking for a garden, “Giardino Ricasoli” which I saw on our map. First we stopped at Grosmi, … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Spring 2023
Cividale del Friuli
The trains run once an hour and we caught the 10:33 for the less than 30 minute ride to Cividale, just east of Udine. We strolled into town, stopping for coffee at a friendly bar. We saw this street on … Continue reading →
In Town
The sun was shining! What a difference beautiful weather makes! All over town there were people, walking, sitting in the sun or sitting outside at a bar, having coffee. We strolled for a while, got some coffee and a … Continue reading →
Prosciutto di San Daniele
We awoke to a gloomy day, but were excited to be going on a little food tour of San Daniele. Our guide, Alessandra, picked us up and we drove northwest of Udine to the Prosciuttoficio/factory, Bagatto in San Daniele. (I … Continue reading →
Buon Giorno, Udine
I love how when you first get to a town it seems big and everything is far away. As you become more familiar, the town seems to shrink around you. That’s what’s starting to happen here in Udine. We started … Continue reading →
Logistics
We got up early to give ourselves plenty of time. Our plan was to get a cab at the Porta Genova Station nearby to get to the big Milano Centrale. There were no cabs at the station and another woman … Continue reading →
Leonardo Day
We started the morning with a nice walk to the Museum of Science and Technology featuring works by Leonardo da Vinci. The place is huge and we didn’t see anywhere near all of it. The first room showed a lot … Continue reading →
Our First Bad Meal
We woke up to this stunning view of the mountains, pink with the sunrise light. Off we go to Milano. The drive was easy, just about 2 hours. Took a cab to the Navigli, a district based around a system … Continue reading →
Novello
We slept really late after staying out so long at the restaurant plus we changed to Day Light Savings time and sprang forward another hour. Anyway, we were lazy and just relaxed the whole morning. Finally we went out … Continue reading →
A very Full Day
The morning view was clear to the snow capped Alps, The Maritime Alps, to our west, and they are stunning! They form the border between Italy and France. We took off for the 20 minute drive to the Self Service … Continue reading →