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May 3, 2013 Exploring Milano
May 3, 2013 Exploring Milano Milan’s Duomo is exceptional. If you like highly decorated architecture that looks like kids dripping wet sand on their beach sand castles, you’ll love the Milan Duomo. It sits alone in the middle of a … Continue reading
May 2, 2013 On to Milano
May 2, 2013 On to Milano When we entered the town the town of Vernazza yesterday, the first thing Joe said was I wonder if there is a post office or a laundromat. There was both. So we did a … Continue reading
May 1, 2013 Pisa and the 5 Terre
May 1, 2013 Pisa and the Cinque Terre (or as they put it, the 5 Terre) We headed out of Florence and the GPS was more cooperative than usual in getting us to our first destination. We found a car … Continue reading
April 30, 2013 Museum Day in Florence
April 30, 2013 Museum Day in Florence Accademia and Uffizi were on our list today. We had a 9:30 appointment for the Accademia and they didn’t let us in even one minute earlier. David was there in all his splendor … Continue reading
April 29, 2013 Beautiful Assisi and on to Florence
April 29, 2013 Beautiful Assisi and on to Florence We awoke to see just how charming our Hotel Umbra is. Gardens, views, comfortable room, very pleasant and helpful staff, and well located with a downhill walk to the Basilica and … Continue reading
April 23, 2013 Angels Everywhere!
April 23rd, 2013 Tuesday in Rome It is amazing to me that we can rediscover the wonder of Rome after having been here several times. And we have again received many blessings today as you will read. First order of … Continue reading
April 28, 2013 Janice’s Roots; Lydia’s Whims
April 29, 2013 A New Adventure – Janice’s Roots, Lydia’s Whims Today is the first day of driving through Italy. We got a pretty silver Alpha Romeo at Hertz and took off, relying on GPS to get us out of … Continue reading
April 27, 2013 Church Day
April 27, 2013 Church Day This started out as a day to explore Churches we hadn’t seen yet and quickly expanded into trying to go on the “Route of Faith” pilgrimage. In this Year of Faith, Rome developed several pilgrim … Continue reading
April 26, 2013 Busy Morning, Quiet Afternoon, Fun Evening
April 26, 2013 Busy Morning, Quiet Afternoon, Fun Evening First order of business today was to get back to the Termini station to find the Archeobus and take a tour along the Appian Way. Met a nice lady named Marie … Continue reading
April 25, 2013 Happy Anniversary to Us
April 25, 2013 Happy Anniversary to Us! Today’s agenda included Mass at St. Peter’s at 9 followed by the Scavi visit at 11 and a visit to the Catacombs of Priscilla in the afternoon. We arrived at St. Peter’s for … Continue reading