Month: May 2007

Back on the bus…   Along the way, we heard many stories…   The story of Galla Placidia and the Goths… Galla was very beautiful and seemed to be able…

Hi all, including my new audience… my friends from the Italian Elegance tour…   Jase, thanks for the comment, and in response… “Way!” 🙂 The Hilton was pretty nice, except…

Our destination for the next day was the Cinque Terre or “five villages” or “five terraces”. It’s five small towns along the area of these small peninsula’s. These towns are…

A hearty bongiorno to all my faithful followers. I haven’t received an SMS since London. I was assuming that I hadn’t been sent any but now I have an inkling…

Thanks to those who’ve been leaving comments and sending me e-mail. I enjoy hearing from you. Well, this update comes almost two days late since my phone’s more advanced features…

Yesterday started in the line, for the Vatican… Even though we were early and in a group there was still a bit of a line… It took around 30min to…

Welcome drinks happened, met our lovely tour guide Alison, who is Maltese but has lived in Italy for about 12 years (if I recall). She warned about gypsies and little…

So, I bought a nice painting, without a frame, of a Tuscan countryside. Only a small one, set me back €80. The small framed ones were €150 so I did…

Hi all, While on my way home last night I stopped at this nice Trattoria. I ate inside where it was warm having lasagna, and french fries with the house…

So, I’ve now purchased an ice cream in a waffle cone and later a coke. I should say “una coke per favore, normale… grazie” They’re small interactions but they give…