And yes, we’ve done time there… After Verona we took a train to Firenze (Florence), the birthplace of the Renaissance! Our room at the Pensione Canada wasn’t ready (of course) so we dropped off our bags and went to see the sights. Our first was the Academia – the museum with Michelangelo’s David statue. We […]
Verona…we're running out of snappy titles
In fair Verona where we lay our scene…or maybe we should say “where we laid our scene for the past three days”. I have no clue how (if?) Shakespeare ever visited Verona before using it as the setting for Romeo and Juliet but damn did he have it right! If we enjoyed Rome and were […]
"Where do I put my car?"
Ok, before we start the official “post”, I have to just say Holy Cow the train we took from Rome to Venice goes over water, and not on a bridge. Thus started our three day tour of Venezia, Italy’s water city and one of the most unique places we have visited. To get anywhere you […]
When in Rome
We’ve been having an exciting time in Rome these past few days, some unexpected fun– thank you Dragon Lady, and some fun that was quite planned. To give our readers the mini highlight reel: on Sunday we explored the Roman Forum and the Coliseum. We quickly learned that a Roman 70 degree forecast is much […]
The Queen's chef
Wow! It is so easy to forget how early 7 am is when you’re on vacation! Well, up we were and after grabbing a coffee and croissant to go we were on our way to the tubes (along with the rest of London it felt like) heading to Paddington Station. The train station itself was […]
Look Right, Look Left
It just seems wrong! Our first “lessons of London” (LoL for short) was to follow the rules as indicated on the street to avoid being whacked and ruining your holiday. The second LoL was walk to the left – this realisation (please note the english use of “s” in place of a “z”) came after […]
Thank you Volcano Eyjafjallajokull…
Well, slight change of plans folks. Due to expected flight cancellations tomorrow night caused by the volcanic ash spewing out of aforementioned volcano we are leaving for London tonight! Unfortunately this means that we had to severely cut our visit with Dustin and Elisha in D.C. – a grand total of 9 hours were spent […]