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It seems we are still suffering from jet lag, as we got a very late start heading out of the apartment. Our goal for the day was to visit the Azkuna Zentroa, an early 20th century wine warehouse, destroyed by … Continue reading →
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Great Tour
The Puppy, a huge flower covered (they say about 38,000 flowers) sculpture by Jeff Koons, was our meeting place for our morning tour: It was an easy half hour walk and the meeting went off without a hitch. Mikel, who … Continue reading →
Loooong Travel Day
We have arrived in Bilbao, Spain. It took us 24 hours, door to door and we are pretty tired. Customs and immigration in Madrid was fully automated, but still a bit challenging. Those machines never can read my old fingerprints … Continue reading →
Anticipation!
Practice blog. Just a trial run. Leaving Sunday for 5 nights in Bilbao, followed by about 5 weeks in Italy. I’m doing Ok but the packing is still a mess: We’ll get it all together before Sunday, I’m sure. I … Continue reading →
San Giorgio
San Giorgio island was our goal for the morning. Walking to San Zaccaria to catch the vap we saw this shop full of people learning mask making from the maestro: On the way to San Giorgio, from the foggy 3 … Continue reading →
Arrivederci Amiche
Vicki caught the 6:30am boat to the airport and we walked Donna to the train station (Ken lovingly carried her suitcase) at 10:00. We were back to being flâneurs. We crossed over the Scalzi bridge and wandered a bit in … Continue reading →
Biennale Part 1
Because of the weather we had postponed our visit to the official Biennale until the weekend. Right on schedule we left the apartment right at 10:00 and, of course, it started to rain. But it was really short lived. We … Continue reading →
Safe and Smooth, indeed
Our dear friend Linda took us to the Tallahassee airport where we flew to Atlanta for a nice long layover in the Delta Lounge. We had a nice little lunch there, although I had a chocolate chip cookie AND a … Continue reading →
Packing Day
As predicted, it rained significantly more than drizzled, all day. We did a little packing and then Elisa came for a nice visit. We geared up and went over the Ponte Dona to the Bar Cupido. The wind was really … Continue reading →
Straw into Gold
May 1st is Labor Day in Italy and many other countries. It is a day to recognize, commemorate, and celebrate working people. Lots of shops were closed. I felt like this was our last day here because the next day, … Continue reading →