It's happening
23 октября 2023 г., Соединенные Штаты ⋅ 🌙 19 °C
Even though my passport doesn't have my full middle name and even though we got lost in the airport...(three times) it looks like we are going to make it! Paul got us to the busstop and laughed at meЧитать далее
Munich! Did I spell that right?
24 октября 2023 г., Германия ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
First glimpses of Germany through the clouds. I was dismayed I couldn't see stars all night, then it continued to be dark as we approached Germany and I told Dad I must have flipped my hours as it wasЧитать далее
Rome! At least on the ground
24 октября 2023 г., Италия ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Either that's our dinner or it is soap. Listening to the pilot speaking German. We are going to miss our first night walking tour, and it's not raining! I'm sure we will get out, roam around and eatЧитать далее
Dinner in Rome
24 октября 2023 г., Италия ⋅ 🌙 19 °C
We were too late for our walking tour but sat next to a nice Italian young man who helped us with the menu and made sure Dad didn't get any pepper on his. His recommendations however were kinda met,Читать далее
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You might think it is Mac and cheese and you wouldn't be wrong.
Apartment tour
25 октября 2023 г., Италия ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Amazing views from our 4th floor apartment. Really nice if you don't count all our stuff strewn about. The espresso machine was a puzzle but I cracked it. Still screwing up my courage for the bidet.
Perfect day!
25 октября 2023 г., Италия ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Hard to know what to include because you can get all the pictures you want of these places. Hard to describe the difference of actually being there!
Lots of fun facts today: Arena is the ItalianЧитать далее
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It was supposed to pour rain all day. Instead the weather was perfect
Ancient angels
25 октября 2023 г., Италия ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
This is for Megan... and one pig for Dennis
ПутешественникTo be honest, I was expecting way more angels. Maybe they are all at the Vatican.
Evening amble
25 октября 2023 г., Италия ⋅ 🌧 20 °C
No taxi to be had so we strolled around the neighborhood after going down 8 flights of marble stairs because the elevator stopped working. 9 flights if you count the ones in the foyers. But whoseЧитать далее
Путешественникhttps://images.app.goo.gl/xUtm9GsZ82zYwA2r6. See it here, although I now wish I took a picture because it was lit at night and looked kinda neat. To be honest I was hoping they were all looking at a ghost or a Saint or so.ething, but this was pretty.
The not so pan-theon
26 октября 2023 г., Италия ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
So, I was mostly looking forward to the Pantheon, the only perfectly preserved building from ancient Rome... built to honor all gods. Now it is the Jesus-athon, because like everything else aroundЧитать далее
Rome, actually
26 октября 2023 г., Италия ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Random Rome pictures... amazing day. We ended up in our own neighborhood on a tour to discover we may have the best BnB in the entire city once we learned this history of our surroundings. Our hostsЧитать далее
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Just an annunciation on a regular building. Nothing odd here.
That time I nearly drowned in a ball pit
26 октября 2023 г., Италия ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Went in a cheesy exhibit that was in a villa of one of Michelangelo's pupils and I got stuck in the adult ball pit. Seriously I had to be rescued! I was in a fine mess. And then there was the redЧитать далее
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Thos could have been the last thing U saw on this.earthly.plane... the.painting above the ball pit.
Behind the Pantheon
26 октября 2023 г., Италия ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Bonus points for the high fashion Cartheart jacket in the sales window. Who knew Dennis was Itiallian chic? Wr also found where the pope goes to shop. Also, ridiculously high doorknobs never fail toЧитать далее
Our neighborhood: the hangout of Remus
26–29 окт. 2023, Италия ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Our neighborhood is the most posh since history began and is on the most defensible hill that the Romans fled to when the empire fell and their riches were sacked. Also it was where Romulus' brotherЧитать далее
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The poor son dieing under his parents stairs. What could be sadder?
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Circus maximus. The marble stands held 30,000 fans but were cannibalized for later buildings.
Somewhere speeding through the night
27 октября 2023 г., Ватикан ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
I'm not going to sugarcoat it. The Rome train station was a nightmare. We also got on the wrong subway to the Vatican, which was a nice day once we arrived even though the actual dome of St. PetersЧитать далее
Amazing apartments
27 октября 2023 г., Италия ⋅ 🌙 16 °C
I'll update details here later. Just check out my pictures. We are on a square across from a cathedral and my windows are open listening to people strolling below.
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Mosquitoes whined in my ears and bit my forehead. I resorted to wearing earphones for the sound, my hat pulled over my eyes and a paper mask on my face to sleep.
Sidecar over the rainbow
28 октября 2023 г., Италия ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Part 1, sidecar in Florence
Vineyard est. 1300ish
28 октября 2023 г., Италия ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
I may have had wine. I may have squeezed the driver with my knees. No regrets, but I was as sore as if I had ridden a horse. Also I held onto dad's collar when he fell asleep on the ride back to keepЧитать далее
Tuscany on motorbike
28 октября 2023 г., Италия ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Tombs of Mike, Dan and Leo
28 октября 2023 г., Италия ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
The premier attractions of this church Santa Maria Novella are the tombs of Michelangelo, Dante and Galileo. This in itself is exciting, but the tombs weren't that hot. The one for Michelangelo wasЧитать далее
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It is hard to see here but all of the "new" tombs just plastered over the nice frescoes behind them, leaving fragments.
Random angels
28 октября 2023 г., Италия ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Random angels at Santa Maria Novella where I wanted to see the Giotto frescoes, but they also were closed for restoration! But this church is nevertheless the birthplace of the Renaissance because heЧитать далее
Florence at night like Dickson but...
28–30 окт. 2023, Италия ⋅ 🌙 15 °C
No one is drunk, unruly or rude. There was even a tenor strolling around singing perfect opra. This whole end of town broke into applause when he was finished. Full moon and an Irish pub on theЧитать далее
Ufizzi not-angels
29 октября 2023 г., Италия ⋅ 🌙 15 °C
So many angels. But not in this batch. Just random weirdness. Statues weren't great. Cieling was terrific but I have a crick in my neck.
That cool bridge as seen on TV
29 октября 2023 г., Италия ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
We saw the bridge from the Uffizzi so we set out to find it and some lunch. The funky shops are only for high end jewelry, mostly gold and totally boring, but the bridge was neat.
Bucket list at Ufizzi
29 октября 2023 г., Италия ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
Check. And some more angels.
OMG David
29 октября 2023 г., Италия ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
We walked the Ufizzi gallery and I snapped every angel I could slow down for. We sall all the things. It was lovely. It was fun. Then. THEN... after lunch we went to the Academia and saw David, andЧитать далее
ПутешественникI love Florence! I responded to David pretty much the same way. I could spend forever just marveling over his feet!
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Is that Paul's daughter
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Are you in Germany