Jun 25, 20205 min readGetting Back to Hollywood Isn’t So EasyThe time has come to leave Italy. Thick, dark clouds are rolling into Venice as we take off, and that’s not a place I want to be when it...
Jun 17, 20207 min readExploring: Getting Lost (Literally) in Venice, ItalyThis travel journal details both the fascination and confusion brought on by one of the world's great cities: Venice, Italy.
Jun 7, 20207 min readExploring: 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 readExploring: San Gimignano and Tuscan Wine TastingWe start the day in Siena with a continental breakfast – the standard, uninspired fare of hardboiled eggs, cold cuts, cheese, bread....
May 25, 20205 min readExploring: 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 readExploring: Pompeii and Naples, ItalyThis post details a day trip to Naples and Pompeii from Rome, during our summer excursion through Italy.
May 3, 20205 min readExploring: Travel Blog Intro / Rome, ItalyThis post details the Rome portion of our summer travels through Italy.
Jun 12, 20123 min readSiena and the Towers of San GimignanoSiena 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...