It’s been a long but very good time here in Italy, six weeks total. From our first apartment in Lake Como to our last B&B…
OK, so you already know about the great eruption of 79AD that basically put a damper on life for people living south of Mt. Vesuvius….
Where the hell is Herculaneum? Well, it was a small harbor town located about 5 miles south of Naples. I say “was” because it is…
Way back in 64AD there was this fire, pretty big, so big that it destroyed all of the center of Rome. The fire raged for…
Every once in a while things just seem to come together. Last night we decided to have dinner out, a rare occasion for us, and…
So not every day is a touring day. Some days we just got out of the house and wandered around not looking for anything in…
Today’s quest will be Villa Adriana, Hadrian’s villa, located about 25 miles north of Rome. We’re planning on using that ever so valuable weekly bus…
Of all the places we planned to see while in Rome, Ostia Antica was #1 on my list. Having already seen the usual tourist sites,…
OK, tons of history about this building located in the center of Rome. So much so, that to go through all accounts would fill up…
Getting kind of tired of walking everywhere so we thought we’d give Rome’s transit system a try. Tickets are reasonable, for a single trip it’s…
Our last full day in Tuscany and we’re off to tour Florence. Months ago, we purchased tickets to enter the Galleria dell Accademia to see…
Sooner or later it had to happen, clothes were starting to pile up and we just couldn’t put it off any longer. I’ve worn everything…