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Inizio del viaggio
8 settembre 2017
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Here we go (at SMF)!
8 settembre 2017, Stati Uniti ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
ViaggiatoreCan't wait!!!!😁
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ViaggiatoreI know I'm too late, but BON VOYAGE. Thank you for including me in the link. I LOVE living through other peoples' travels. Take good care. Xox
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ViaggiatoreHave fun Kiddos. Linda even your suitcase is navy!
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Chicago to Dublin
8 settembre 2017, Irlanda del Nord ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Ready to board at O'Hare on Friday.
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Dublin airport
9 settembre 2017, Irlanda del Nord ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Trying to figure out how to drive the vw diesel we rented. It has stop/start technology. And the steering wheel is on the wrong side! So far, Linda's cowering under the passenger seat is dissipating.
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ViaggiatoreWe had a stop start car the last time I was in England. It took just a little getting used to for timing when stopping and going in traffic lights but I didn't notice it after a while. Good luck
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The Irish Sea off Whitehead
9 settembre 2017, Irlanda del Nord ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Beautiful day north of Belfast.
Viaggiatore Beautiful!
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Viaggiatore Best views ever!
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ViaggiatoreBeautiful
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Blackhead Lighthouse in Northern Ireland
9 settembre 2017, Irlanda del Nord ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
First day, out for a hike with Kelley and Paul.
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Paul and Kelley and visitors
9 settembre 2017, Irlanda del Nord ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Hiking at the Irish Sea near their home in Whitehead.
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ViaggiatoreLooks beautiful.
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Carrickfergus Castle
10 settembre 2017, Irlanda del Nord ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Kelley was a tour guide at this historic (built in the 12th century) castle/fort at one time Lots of history into the 20th century. We had a personal tour. Original cannon on display. There's even a caricature of King John on the"throne"! He was not well loved.Leggi altro
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ViaggiatoreHad fun being a tour guide again 🤓
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Carrickfergus B&B
10 settembre 2017, Irlanda del Nord ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
Beautiful rainbow and some random shots in Carrickfergus. Blustery day!
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Viaggiatore Beautiful view
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Barbara PyeOh come on! That's photoshopped, right? Really??!? The entire rainbow?
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Linda BeirneYou got it, the entire rainbow outside of our B&B. It's been one of many.
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ViaggiatoreNo rain...no rainbow! 🌈
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Giant's Causeway
11 settembre 2017, Irlanda del Nord ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
We took a drive along the northern Irish coast.with Kelley and Paul. Despite some nasty spots of icy weather, we had a great time exploring.
The Giant's Causeway is a naturally occuring area of approximately 40,000 interlocking basalt columns. Most are hexagonal, resulting from ancient volcanic erruptions. The columns appear to be stepping stones for ancient giant warriors, and lead into the sea toward Scotland, which is only about 20 miles away.
Along the way, we also stumbled upon a cave site used by the producers of "Game of Thrones" for an episode.Leggi altro
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Barbara PyeLove those basalt crystals. So interesting to see
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Last Day in Belfast
12 settembre 2017, Irlanda ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
We left for Dublin this afternoon after lunch with Kelley and Paul and a visit to the Queens University campus and Ulster Museum in Belfast. Beautiful downtown campus with lots of "kids" and no parking. We found a palm tree in Belfast!
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Viaggiatore Looks like you're having a great time. Have a wonderful trip to Venice
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Barbara Pye Rudbeckia, coreopsis, and dusty Miller. Very pretty
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Venice
13 settembre 2017, Italia ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
We arrived in Venice today after a smooth Aer Lingus flight. We have a "darling" apartment (per Linda) overlooking a canal and bridge in the first picture. She's right, it is darling!
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Viaggiatore What a great view! So pretty
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ViaggiatoreNeed an inside picture of the "darling" apartment.
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ViaggiatoreGreg, we'll take some pics for you. I know how you love this kind of stuff....
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Second Day in Venice
14 settembre 2017, Italia ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
We toured the Doge's Palace and St Mark's cathedral this morning and had a boat tour of the city this evening. First shot is of a canal off the Grand Canal at sunset.
Second shows the neighborhood in which we are staying. These are followed by some pictures from the Doge's Palace and a random interesting door along the way. Lots of walking in Venice. It's a target rich environment for pics.Leggi altro
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Susan FormanekWish i was there, your pics are beautiful! Oh well next year.
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Viaggiatore This is Stunning Linda!!
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Barbara Pye Amazing lighting for this photo of The Bridge of Sighs
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Venice' 3rd day
15 settembre 2017, Darsena Arsenale Vecchio ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
We had a free day in Venice today. We found the Palace Grassi (Linda's maiden name)! There was an art exhibition being held there today.
We also saw a view which is reminiscent of the painting in our living room (with the blue covered gondolas). Linda also bought me a Maserati and I bought her a new sweater. Fair enough.Leggi altro
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ViaggiatoreSounds like you're having a great time! Can I drive the Maserati when you get back?
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Barbara Pye Peter and I saw it but did not go in. Good on you.
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Barbara Pye Looks a little blustery, but neither of you is too bundled up, so I'm guessing it's still good weather
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Leaving Venice for Asolo
16 settembre 2017, Italia ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
After some morning hot chocolate and croissants we left Venice to drive to Asolo. Asolo is known as the city of a hundred horizons due to its mountainous setting. We walked up to the village this afternoon and took some of the attached shots. We began in drizzle, but returned in sunshine.Leggi altro
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Viaggiatore Pretty as a painting.
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Viaggiatore Again, Pretty as a painting!
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Barbara Pye Unbelievable! It looks like the clouds are below you
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Asolo and surrounding wine country
17 settembre 2017, Italia ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
We took a tour of the wine country near Asolo today. We highly recommend this area for all of you travelers. The day was perfect with blue sky and billowy clouds. This area is best known as the home of the Glera grapes from which Prosecco is produced. Take a look at the pictures. It was quite a day.Leggi altro
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ViaggiatoreI hope you had a glass of Prosecco for me. 🥂 Lois
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Viaggiatore Great view!
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Viaggiatore Lovely!
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Gray day at Lake Garda
18 settembre 2017, Italia ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Linda's Nonno was born in a town near Lake Garda in northern Italy, so we made sure to stay in the area for the day. Sorry to say that we had a wet gray day to ride the ferry to Sirmione from Desenzano. But we had fun in Sirmione. This must be the gelato capital of Italy. The shops are thicker than Starbucks in Seattle.Leggi altro
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Barbara Pye Beautiful dellaRobia over the door
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Barbara Pye It may be a gray day, but it's a sunny pair!
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On to Tuscany!
19 settembre 2017, Italia ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
We started our day in Rivotella, the town where Linda's maternal grandfather was born. Linda took a photo of gray Lake Garda. We then took a long drive to Creti in Tuscany, where we will stay for four nights. The Italian drivers all think they are Mario Andretti, but they appear to be consistent about it. We did some shopping after the long drive and made some salmon and salad for dinner. Touring Tuscany tomorrow.Leggi altro
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ViaggiatoreSo nice to be along with you. See you soon. J and J
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Barbara Pye Gosh that's lovely
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Barbara Pye Another apartment? Florence?
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Linda Beirne Hi Barbara, We had a small kitchen when we were staying at the Farm House in Criti the Tuscany region. We just arrived in Florence this afternoon.
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Touring Tuscany
20 settembre 2017, Italia ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
On Wednesday we took a private scenery/wine/cheese tour of the immediate Tuscan area. Beautiful rolling hills, somewhat reminiscent of California. It's a bit drier than Asolo where everything was still green. Great wine tour today along with the best gelato we have found - in the small village of Lucignano.Leggi altro
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Barbara Pye Are you up in Fiesole?
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Barbara Pye Beautiful shot. Great colors
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Cortona
21 settembre 2017, Italia ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Cortona is the walled city made famous by the book and movie "Under the Tuscan Sun" (with the ever homely Diane Lane). We didn't see Diane, but did stroll the streets and had an opportunity to hike up to the Church of Santa Margherita (the path leading to the church is captured in a couple of today's pics.) Beautiful day in the low 70's and sunshine. We also spent some time in Foiano, where we sought out another gelato shop. Ay caramba!Leggi altro
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Barbara Pye Beautiful view down the valley
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Barbara Pye Another beautiful view of the valley
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ViaggiatoreOne of my favorite towns in Italy. Lois
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Viaggiatore Lois & I were in Cortona in 2001. Nothing has changed. We stopped in a restaurant for dinner and had a Tuscan steak. Prepared like Nono did on the BBQ. Best steak I ever had. Also we sat across from the “This Old House” stars Norm and Steve. They were taking about rehabbing a house in Cortona. It didn’t happen.
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Cooking in Tuscany
22 settembre 2017, Italia ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
A bit of a lazy day Friday. Linda and I took a hands-on cooking class under the direction of our host Barbara and her mother at Villa Rosa Dei Venti in Creti. We made tiramisu and pasta noodles from scratch. Of course we needed antipasti and the right sauce. After 4 hours or so, we enjoyed the meal (along with wine from their vineyard) with our hosts and their family. It was the best!Leggi altro
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Viaggiatore Great picture!
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ViaggiatoreCooking in Tuscany sounds fabulous and delicious. I'm sure it was great fun!
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Barbara Pye The light!the light! Beautiful
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Susan Formanek Beautiful picture, ready for a frame!
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First day in Florence
23 settembre 2017, Italia ⋅ 🌙 17 °C
Today we drove to the Chiusi train station, dropped off the car and took the train to Florence. We arrived in mid-afternoon and immediately took off for the Uffizi Gallery where we spent a few hours gazing at works by Botticelli, Michaelangelo and da Vinci. Hey, those guys were good - and they all came from this area within the same century! We'll take a tour of Florence tomorrow and look forward to enjoying more of this city's culture.Leggi altro
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Barbara Pye Wow. Extra protection against crazy art vandals
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ViaggiatoreSo much fun and history. Florence is one of our favorites. Love the pics & posts
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Tour of Florence
24 settembre 2017, Italia ⋅ 🌧 17 °C
So, I met this cute girl named Sparky on the Ponte Vecchio, and we decided to hang out and tour some sights in Florence. (The Ponte Vecchio is the most significant bridge crossing the Arno.) It was a rainy day, but our guide was excellent and we learned quite a bit about the city and it's history. The Florence cathedral was incredible.
We also went to the Galleria Dell Academia and saw Michaelangelo's David along with some of his unfinished works. (We saw a small musical instrument museum attached to the Galleria.) I have included a picture of the world's oldest upright piano! (For some reason this impressed me.)
The rain didn't slow us down, but pre-ordering tickets is a must to avoid hours long queues.Leggi altro
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Barbara Pye Intrepid travelers. Rain? Schmain! This is Florence
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Lucca
25 settembre 2017, Italia ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
We took a ride from Florence to Lucca, a very pleasant village about 80 minutes West by train. This is the birthplace of Giacomo Puccini, my favorite operatic composer. We toured the Puccini museum and learned quite a bit about the maestro. We saw some original costumes from "Madame Butterfly" as well as some original compositions with his hand written notes.
We enjoyed some pizza and beverages and did a little shopping and sightseeing of local churches. Beautiful day. On to a little place we call Rome tomorrow.Leggi altro
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Florence to Rome
26 settembre 2017, Italia ⋅ 🌙 18 °C
We took the speed train to Rome this morning, arriving in early afternoon. The trains travel at a speed of over 200 mph, but it never felt like it. On the other hand, the taxi ride to our hotel was much more exciting. We only had a short opportunity to sightsee today as we picked up our tickets for tomorrow's Papal audience! Early start in the morning.Leggi altro
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Rome now and in the past
27 settembre 2017, Italia ⋅ 🌙 21 °C
Yup, that's the Pope! We got up early to get to Saint Peter's Square for a papal audience today. We followed the advice of the priest who handled the tickets and got into a position for a close up photo op. Very exciting day. The man was about 6 feet from us.
We also took a walking tour of the Colosseum and other historic sites this evening. We are tired, but content. Sistin Chapel tomorrow.Leggi altro
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Viaggiatore Wow, You were close. Great shot!
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