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Jun 17, 20207 min read
Exploring: Getting Lost (Literally) in Venice, Italy
This travel journal details both the fascination and confusion brought on by one of the world's great cities: Venice, Italy.
Jun 7, 20207 min read
Exploring: Florence, Italy
“The Creator made Italy from designs by Michael Angelo!” -Mark Twain, “The Innocents Abroad”* In lieu of a “Welcome” sign, your arrival...
May 31, 20204 min read
Exploring: San Gimignano and Tuscan Wine Tasting
We start the day in Siena with a continental breakfast – the standard, uninspired fare of hardboiled eggs, cold cuts, cheese, bread....
May 25, 20205 min read
Exploring: Intro to Tuscany / Destination Siena
“Tuscany looks like what all of Italy should look like.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (attributed) We stare out the train window as the...
May 17, 20206 min read
Exploring: Pompeii and Naples, Italy
This post details a day trip to Naples and Pompeii from Rome, during our summer excursion through Italy.
May 3, 20205 min read
Exploring: Travel Blog Intro / Rome, Italy
This post details the Rome portion of our summer travels through Italy.
Jun 13, 20124 min read
Visiting Florence (Where’s the Machine?)
The walls that enclose the rail line are covered with graffiti, and the train terminal feels grimy and is filled with a lot of...
Jun 12, 20123 min read
Siena and the Towers of San Gimignano
Siena is such a confusing place, initially, when arriving by rail. You walk out the front door of the train station, and all you see in...
Jun 12, 20122 min read
Naples, Italy in Review
Naples could use some work… some oversight… maybe a good scrubbing with lots of bleach. I was told by a colleague that it’s “not a place...
Jun 12, 20122 min read
Italy in Cursive
Staring out the window at a beautiful countryside. Bellissimo. Old castles are perched atop hills, slowly becoming one with the land....
May 30, 20123 min read
In Rome, Trying to Avoid Saying “When in Rome…”
The plane has landed. Finally! This is my first trip to Italy, and the last time I was in Europe at all was when I was one year old… so...
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