Off to see the Pope
Today we leave Rome and Italy. After breakfast in the hotel, we checked out and left our luggage in the depositary room free of charge until our evening train. The Santa Prassede hotel has my compliments. Beds were ...
Forza Roma!!
Of all the days we were in Europe, today was the first that my husband woke exceptionally early and was all prepped to go so as to fully utilise the day we had in Rome which had not come cheap. Since we still ...
All roads lead to Rome
Final thoughts on our last day in Tuscany – I think we are too used to life in a cosmopolitan city to be able to adapt to the short operating hours and inconvenience of countryside. ...
South to Siena
The plan for the day is the explore Southern Tuscany. After breakfast, we headed to San Gimignano, one of the many famous hill towns of Tuscany most noted for its 11 towers that could be easily ...
Florence – cradle of the Renaissance
We opted for a more direct route to Florence cutting out to the highway from Certaldo instead of going through the scenic hilly roads again. The journey still took us about an hour, and another frustrating hour going ...
Venice to Tuscany
As I finally found some sanity to schedule a train ride for the late morning, we managed to squeeze some time to visit the REAL Rialto market before heading to the train station. Entering the Grand Canal, we were ...
A day in Venice
Our charming host Nicola prepared a simple breakfast for us this morning. He has two kids around the ages of Joel and Elizabeth. I asked him where he came from since he doesn’t live in ...
Nice to Venice
Although we woke early to catch our 10am train bounded for Milan, we ended up hopping on just before it left the platform. Yes it was another morning mad rush through the city and Theo was not ...
From Arles to Nice
I was actually quite sad to leave Arles because it held so much promise for a good R & R vacation but my travel plans did not leave room for changes. Yet I was also ...
Arles and around
Although I would have appreciated waking up later today since we need not rush, the sun was already shining brightly in the sky by 7am. The sky turned truly black only close to 10pm the day before, ...