(May 2, 2015) I’m seriously jet-lagged, so this is going to be all over the place, but I wanted to get a few notes down before I crash for (hopefully)…

It’s been busy busy busy round the casa lately . . . but we found time to celebrate anniversary #3 on Wed night with a lovely dinner at Copperleaf. Grilled…

(April 24, 2014) We woke up this morning to a strong sense of ‘this vacation is over.’ Three weeks is a long lovely time, but now we’re just into the…

(it’s the best way to explore Venice) (April 20 and 21, 2014) Our time in Venice was lovely, and very different from other cities. For one thing, J came down…

(April 19, 2014) Not much to say about today — we had breakfast then drove to Florence, then took the train to Venice. Not much else happened. A conversation we’ve…

(April 18, 2014) Another wonderful breakfast got us fueled for a day of wandering the streets of Orvieto. Our first stop was the gaudy confection of a duomo.

(April 17, 2014) Although we had a great breakfast, the first so far this trip, it turns out that our room is somehow the source of a nearly constant stick…

(April 16, 2014) We got up pretty early and packed our bags, then left them for a quick breakfast (pastry and a hot drink) on our way to the Gallerie…

(April 15, 2014) We tried something new today and took our breakfast ‘to go’, enjoying the pastry and the on the banks of the river Arno as we walked to…

(April 14, 2014) For some reason, today we stood in a lot of lines and didn’t see everything we wanted to see. We did get a late start after an…