Trying to remember how this blogging thing works. Leaving in 10 days, we have the suitcases out and some clothes folded in the cubes. I will need to do plenty of editing before we close them up. Let’s see if … Continue reading →
Monday, calmer here; a lot of the weekenders have gone. The city is much more manageable for us. And it was another beautiful day. The temperatures are warming a bit each day, now high 70’s for the highs. We headed … Continue reading →
I was really excited about the Vogalonga, the “long row” like a parade and a marathon put together, for boats. Only rowing is allowed, no motors and they row nearly 20 miles. This was the 44th runniing of the event, … Continue reading →
Really nothing much to say. It took us 14 hours, door to door, to get from Porto to our Rome apartment, Thanks to flight delays in both Porto and Lisbon we were very late. Oh well–that’s how it goes. We … Continue reading →
Rain was predicted, and so we tried to get out early. We went back to the same coffee/pastry place and set off for the Sao Roque church (St. Rocco–he’s the one with the little dog). Our guide had told us … Continue reading →
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 →