Monthly Archives: May 2016

Our last evening is Sorrento is finished.  We had a wonderful dinner meal and said goodbye to our friends Giovanni, his sister Elizabeth and their father.  What a nice family!  As our time in Italy comes to a close, we … Continue reading →

Monday and Tuesday in Sorrento were both kick back and relax days.  We visited the Corner Shop in Sorrento where we reconnected with Giovanni, our wine sommelier.  We had a great reunion with him and his father and sister Elizabeth.  … Continue reading →

Sunday morning here in sunny Sorrento began with a quick hotel breakfast at 7:30 so we could meet our shuttle to Pompei at 8:00 a.m.  One of the selling points for me for choosing this particular hotel in the early … Continue reading →

As we neared the end of our time in Tuscany, Irene Gren, the young woman that we adopted as a daughter the last time we were here and who has taken over with her brother Eduardo, the vacation rental property … Continue reading →

After a couple of hours back at the villa, we headed out for dinner about 8 pm.  We set out for a particular restaurant in a neighboring town but decided after a brief stint of driving exploration, that we were … Continue reading →

We set off for Pitigliano, or what is known as Little Jerusalem on Tuesday morning around 10:00 am.  Heading south out of our little village of Pergine Valdarno, we were armed with an Italian road atlas and our sometimes not … Continue reading →

On Monday here in Tuscany, after keeping a pretty hectic schedule the past two and a half weeks, we decided to hunker down and stay at our villa.  The weather was windy and rainy and was not very enticing for … Continue reading →

On Friday, May 20th, we arrived in Pergine Valdarno, a small village in Tuscany, after renting a car in the city of Chiusi where we arrived by train from Bologna.  This place is so enchanting and beautiful.  It is now … Continue reading →

We were sitting eating a sandwich for lunch on our last full day in Bologna near our hotel along a narrow alley where vegetable shops, seafood shops, and gelato places abound.  We were always getting hit up by healthy and … Continue reading →

We arrived in Bologna after a one-and-a-half-hour train ride from Venice.  Taking a taxi to our hotel, we found ourselves in the middle of the central historical district about a block from the Piazza Maggiore, the main plaza in Bologna … Continue reading →