First things first. Before I get to the travel pictures, let me answer the most commonly asked question: what is…
This, our most ambitious European trip, was three years in the making. When I retired in August 2018, we planned…
I will freely admit that all my previous blogs about our 2021 trip to Italy sound idyllic. And why not,…
By way of the broadest overview, Italy has two major food zones, north and south. Southern cuisine is driven by…
Lake Como, vacation home to the rich and famous, lies only an hour from Milan. On one of our last…
We have spent two days or more in almost a dozen European cities. All were interesting, but of these I…
Milan has one “must see” location: the Duomo Milano, the largest Gothic-era cathedral in the world. There are two larger…
The other towns of Val Gardena offer similar but different views. Armed with a 3-day “all you can ride” gondola…
Seven days into our trip, my photographer’s soul filled to overflowing. On that day we reached our furthest destination: a…
Verona, the setting from Romeo and Juliet, is about a half hour train ride from Lake Garda. This is a…