Carrara Mountains
March 16, 2017 in Italy ⋅ ☀️ 20 °CWhere the best quality white or blue-grey marble used in building the base (phase 1) of the leaning tower of Pisa as well as many other buildings which still stand today.
Where the best quality white or blue-grey marble used in building the base (phase 1) of the leaning tower of Pisa as well as many other buildings which still stand today.
Staying at Florence Grand Hotel Mediterranean.
view of city and places we will be visiting.
Mom came down with something. She has a fever ;( not sure if she will be able to do anything tomorrow.Read more
Tuscany to Umbria. the tour guide Ester told us what areas we were going to drive through but I could only remember the first.
Umbria area isknown for ceramics as well as Amalfi.
we passed by this. To get to city you have to take a lift up. The city is falling on one side of the mountain.
Via the A1 also called road of the sun. it was built in 1930. there are many hill top communities. we drove aside the River Tiber
They don't have Waffle House but they have rest areas with "Autogrill" which serves wide variwty of meals. They have paninni of all types and grill with pastas risoto or even steaks.
It took 45 years to build the Abby and 45 minutes to destroy it. They dropped notes in the town area to warn them to get out before thy bombed so they fled to the Abby thinking that they would beRead more
We were not originally scheduled to go to Monte Casino but the guide pointed it out and Dr. Brearely arranged for the detour. I thought it was the most beautiful church we've seen so far. (hence allRead more