Italy

Florence – Firenze

Florence – Firenze

We ran around Florence quite a bit.  We climbed up a Duomo and a tower and explored churches, crossed bridges,…
Arrival In Firenze!

Arrival In Firenze!

We left our cozy ocean side apartment in Riomaggiore this morning in favor of a Tuscany favorite - Florence!  We…
The Rest of Cinque Terre

The Rest of Cinque Terre

Well, we tried to do this yesterday, but got a TON of rain as soon as we arrived in Monterosso.…
Exploring Riomaggiore

Exploring Riomaggiore

Today we climbed up to the top of the town and enjoyed a whole different view.  We found the post…
This Way Cinque! Riomaggiore!

This Way Cinque! Riomaggiore!

Cinque is wonderful and exceeds my expectations by far.  I think we're both quite impressed with the view from our…
Venice – Day 2

Venice – Day 2

The last few days we've been fairly disconnected from the internet - so we are a couple of posts behind...…
Trying New Things…

Trying New Things…

Trying new things doesn't always pay off.  This is demonstrated here with a "mint" slushee in Venice.
Venezia!

Venezia!

We arrived in Venice yesterday morning!  We did A LOT of walking around, getting lost, exploring, etc.  We also visited…
Borromeo Islands – Stresa

Borromeo Islands – Stresa

This is more like it! Waking up a little earlier than we wanted to in Milan to the sound of…
Milano

Milano

Well, we made it into Italy easily & on schedule! For our first day, arriving into the city bright &…
Going to Italy

Going to Italy

Oh boy. Twelve hours in the air makes for a LONG day.