If you read our extensive ramblings (see what I did there?) about getting to Portugal, you know that we were given generous and extensive support from many strangers on social…
If you read our extensive ramblings (see what I did there?) about getting to Portugal, you know that we were given generous and extensive support from many strangers on social…
As has been repeatedly, perhaps exhaustingly, mentioned we didn’t really have much of an agenda for this part of our trip. It was a bit of an experiment; some of…
Our agenda for this trip to Venice may have been light but it wasn’t actually empty. True, our plan for the day was to wander about and see the splendors…
Our visit in Rome was one of the most fluid/flexible itineraries we’ve ever traveled on but, logistically speaking, Venice made that look like the Normandy invasion. We arrived in good…
Neither of us are scientists, but we’re pretty sure that any data collected along the lines of “what do you think of when you think about travel in Europe?” would…
It’s the fifth day of our trip and you know what that means, right? Right? …. c’mon, at least guess? Fine, be that way. It’s laundry day! Long ago we…
Day 4 of our visit to Rome dawned sunny and cold. We’ve actually been blessed with amazingly good weather. I mean, for February; it doesn’t get much warmer than about…
Wednesday revealed itself to be another beautiful, crisp winter day. Clear skies and sunshine, with highs around 9-10 degrees (and lows around 0 – eek!), great for seeing the sights….
An excellent night’s sleep and bountiful in-room “Continental” breakfast found us ruminating about the day stretching out before us. All of the artistic and architectural treasures from ancient Rome on…
So, as our last post explained, the trip we had planned to take toward the end of January just kind of fizzled out. Boo. Thus, our actual kick-off to TravelFest…

