This post is part of a series called Italy – 2017 (9/12) Villa Lante was a late add to our itinerary and was such a great idea. Built by a…
This post is part of a series called Italy – 2017 (9/12) Villa Lante was a late add to our itinerary and was such a great idea. Built by a…
This post is part of a series called Italy – 2017 (9/11) Amazingly, yesterday’s flooding left no marks – it was as if the deluge never happened. We woke up…
(9/10) Rain in Italy was very different from how it is at home. In Seattle the rain mostly comes as a steady drizzle or shower. The ‘hard’ rain is just…
(9/9) Continuing our new habit, we slept until after 10am then leisurely prepared for a day out. Lunch was at Il Brillo Parlante, another restaurant specializing in traditional Roman favorites….
(9/8) We’d had a problem with our debit card the day before, but neither of us paid attention . . . BAD IDEA. You see, taxis in Rome don’t take…
(9/7) We slept in and barely made it out in time for a lunch reservation at Marzapane, a hot new restaurant with a fantastic 3-course 30eu lunch prix fixe menu.(Many…
(Sept 6th) We were up fairly early (so hard!!!) to make our 8:30am meeting at the Pyramide metro station to go with our Context Tour guide, Janet to see Ostia…
(Sept 5) We arrived in Rome and . . . stood in line. I’ve said it before and it remains true: FCO is the worst for passport control. It took…
I’m proud (!) to say that we’ve done no sightseeing in DC. Instead, I’ve been sleeping like mad: 13 hours the first night, 11 the second, and 9 last night….
We left home on Thursday to start our vacation a little early: a spa appt. at Cedarbrook, followed by dinner with friends at Copperleaf. It was relaxing and lovely. Totally…