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 →
No plans in the morning. We just walked in the area kind of behind the arena. It’s really difficult to have a sense of direction here because the streets are all curving all the time. Most of where we walked … 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 →
Verona is a beautiful place and we are glad to be here, to be unpacked, to have a kitchen again, and to do “slow travel” as an end to our grand adventure. We started the day with a walk, of … 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 →
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Continue reading →In the morning we met with Luigi and his wife Mara. They are easy to be with and her English is better than his. They brought their beloved dog to meet us, too. After discussion with them, we chose to … Continue reading →
The weather apps we have were predicting rain but it never did come down. The fog instead was pervasive. Luigi, our land lord, tells us the we are in a “fog belt” here and it’s proving to be true. We … Continue reading →
Another travel day. Now I remember why I love “Slow Travel,” but this really wasn’t bad at all. The breakfast at Hotel Cervetta 5 was fine, with a special moment. We met a young couple from LA, two professional musicians, … Continue reading →
Hotel Cervetta 5 is in the perfect location for a stay in Modena. The walk to the Piazza Grande is about 3 minutes and the walk to the gorgeous Albinelli Market is about 2 minutes. After a nice breakfast, we … Continue reading →