The drive out to Lucca was much easier than either of us expected, we left the A11 (Autostrada) fairly early on after we realized that it was not very exciting, and had little to offer in terms of scenery. It’s no American highway, but we wanted a few more curves and more towns! Off we […]
Canadian Prison a la Florentine
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 […]
"You’ve come to the right place"
Let’s catch everyone up to where we are now: Roma. Our last day in London (Friday) Adam was working so I spent the day shopping, reading, and people watching. It was quite enjoyable. To make our impending departure from Gatwick to Rome easier (not waking up at 3 AM) we actually spent the night at […]
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 […]
London Bridge is falling down?
Determined to get an earlier start to our Wednesday adventures, we set our alarms (Gasp!) and had a goal of leaving the hotel by the crack of 10 am – we were successful, however, with some unscheduled tube delays we still ended up not starting our first sight (The Tower of London) until 11:30. The […]