Category Italy
Europe 2022 – Lucca, Part Five
June 20 – 22 As we resume our time in Pisa, we left the Baptistry and walked across the property to the two long buildings known as the Camposanto Monumentale or Monumental Cemetery. This walled cemetery is said to have been built around a shipload of sacred soil from Calvary, brought back to Pisa from […]
Europe 2022 – Lucca, Part Four
June 20 – 22 Finished, we entered the plaza and had our first glimpse of what the afternoon was to bring, dispelling my uninformed idea of the place, thinking it was just going to be the tower, standing alone, with little else to see around it. Boy was I wrong. The 22-acre complex is known […]
Europe 2022 – Lucca, Part Three
June 20 – 22 After relaxing at the apartment for a while, we walked the couple of blocks it took us to arrive at Trattoria Da Giulio Surl, where we had made our reservations the day before. The restaurant abuts the outer wall of Lucca and most of the seating is outside. We arrived just […]
Europe 2022 – Lucca, Part Two
June 20 – 22 After breakfast the next day we set out to discover all we could about this charming walled Tuscan city of 89,000, with a provincial population of 384,000. Lucca is known as one of the Italian’s “Città d’arte” (Arts town), thanks to its intact Renaissance-era city walls and its very well-preserved historic […]
Europe 2022 – Lucca, Part One
June 20 – 22 Today would be a long and somewhat complicated day of travel, with three stops, Nice to Ventimiglia, then to Genoa, then to La Spezia Centrale, connecting to Viareggio and finally landing in Lucca. We chose this route primarily because it didn’t require any seat reservations and wasn’t any shorter a trip […]
Europe – Why Do We Love It So 1977, Part One
As we begin to return to traveling at the rate we managed since I started this blog back in 2013, there will still be some gaps between trips that I will need to fill from time to time. So, much like I did with the Why Do We Love Yosemite series I recently posted, I’ll […]
Europe 2014 – Milano – Our Last Night in Italy and the Last Supper, Literally
Timeline: October 23rd – 24th We left late morning for Milano with a three-hour drive ahead of us on toll roads. Starting just before the drive, and then throughout, I was in a foul mood, similar to those experienced from time to time throughout the trip. I think this one was brought on by the […]
Europe 2014 – Florence – Like Returning Home
Timeline: October 21st – 22nd The drive up to Florence took about six hours, but was manageable, as we’d made a reservation at Hotel Anna’s in the center of town, not far from the Basilica of San Lorenzo and the Duomo. That being said, once we arrived, the GPS wanted to send us down what […]
Europe 2014 – Amalfi Coast – Like Cinque Terre, But Different
Timeline: October 19th – 20th With just one day to see the area surrounding the Amalfi Coast, we opted to follow the recommendation of the Steve’s guide and use the bus and ferries to ride up and down the coast between Sorrento and Amalfi. We left camp mid morning and walked a mile or so […]
Europe 2014 – Pompeii – Ancient Ruins and Fast Food Joints
Timeline: October 19th – 20th We cleared out of Camping Village Roma early as we had a nearly three-hour drive ahead of us to get to Pompeii and our tour there. The journey went smoothly, driving on the toll roads at a cost of 15 Euros, and we arrived per the GPS in a crowded […]
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