Today is the first day of the rest of our adventure and I couldn’t be happier. Our flight from Miami went very smoothly although the food on TAP, even in business class, was well, typical airline food–borderline edible. It was, … Continue reading →
I’m taking advantage of a rainy morning to work on this a bit. Also, we are getting new floors in our living areas so I am stuck in my bedroom. Allora– On to Lucca where we were so extremely happy … Continue reading →
We’re getting lazier and lazier in the mornings, but we finally made it out and walked straight to Cafe Coloniale for a quick coffee. Then we continued on to the park where I first photographed the big yellow gingko tree. … Continue reading →
Thursday morning: Local food market at the Arsenale. It’s interesting that yesterday we had been stopped to sign a petition to save the Aresenale building from commercial development and the future of this market is an unknown. Just like Tallahassee! … Continue reading →
I had a mission in the morning. I wanted to visit a coffee place I had read about online. So we walked, about 20 minutes out of the centro to find it. (We’ve made up with google and are besties … Continue reading →
In the morning, we left our luggage in Luigi’s next door office and ended up staying and talking with him for a while. He is a special kind of host and we really enjoyed our time with him. Here is … Continue reading →
Hi all. This is Jan’s friend Kim. Just checking the automatic facebook notifications.
Continue reading →The morning was bittersweet. The sunrise was beautiful and I kept my eyes trained on the windows watching the changing light above the silhouette of San Michele. Elisa stayed with us at the bus stop until we could board and … Continue reading →
Save Venice is a non profit organization, with an obvious purpose, housed in a beautiful historic palazzo on the Grand Canal in Dorsoduro. Lucky for us, our friend Jill has been finishing up a project there and invited us to … Continue reading →
Our plan was to meet our Venetian friend, Nan, to go see the Venini show at Le Stanze del Vetro on San Giorgio Island. We woke up to unrelenting rain–not a total downpour, but certainly more than a drizzle. So … Continue reading →