Cool art installation
2024年11月9日, バチカン市 ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Francesca was amazing and not shy at all about asking the docents if we could take shortcuts. She had no problem demonstrating the movement of this beautiful sculpture!
The Vatican, Parte Seconda
2024年11月9日, バチカン市 ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Food and wine tour with Francesca Romani
2024年11月9日, イタリア ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
After our Vatican tour, I went on a delicious tour through the Trastevere and the Jewish Ghetto. Great food everywhere, and Francesca is a food pusher! There was no need for dinner that night! I can'tもっと詳しく
The Jewish Ghetto
2024年11月9日, イタリア ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
There was delicious food in the Jewish ghetto but also sober reminders in gold cobblestones of those who lost their lives to Hitler based on only their religion and culture. Sadly, humanity has a veryもっと詳しく
Rome/Foligno/Sant Angelo in Pontano
2024年11月10日, イタリア ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
This is the visit I have most been looking forward to, and it has exceeded my expectations! John and Tara met me in Foligno at the train station and immediately treated me to caffe and a deliciousもっと詳しく
Parco Della Pace
2024年11月11日, イタリア ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Again, there is a theme. Europe experienced the worst of World War 2 and Italy, in particular with Mussolini...who does he remind you of? This park had 3,000 to 4,000 prisoners living in less than aもっと詳しく
Porto San Giorgio and The Adriatic Sea!
2024年11月11日, イタリア ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
My beloved tour guides, John and Tara, suggested I visit the Adriatic Sea, so after Parco della Pace, we had another field trip to Porto San Giorgio. It was once again an absolutely perfect day withもっと詳しく
The Frassasi Caves
2024年11月12日, イタリア ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
These caves were discovered in the early 70s by a group of 16 year old boys. They are the largest caves in Europe and they were amazing!
Cortona in Tuscany
2024年11月13日, イタリア ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
We had a beautiful drive through Tuscany to get to Cortona. They filmed parts of Under the Tuscan Sun here and you can see why. I bought beautiful hand painted ceramics from the artist herself. Later,もっと詳しく
Even More Cortona!
2024年11月13日, イタリア ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Villa Grazioli in Grotta Ferrata
2024年11月13日, イタリア ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
This is our hotel for the next 2 nights! Just a few km outside of Rome, but worlds apart. We got here at sunset and we are all in awe. Here is some history:もっと詳しく
Inside and outside at Villa Grazioli
2024年11月13日, イタリア ⋅ 🌙 10 °C
A beautiful villa bought and sold by several cardinals, one of them a Borghesi. 🙄 What a vow of poverty they made.
Castel Gandolfo
2024年11月14日, イタリア ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
This was such a cool artsy town. We bought a lot of fun things and roamed the town for a few hours before the big highlight...
More Castel Gandolfo
2024年11月14日, バチカン市 ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
The art and sculpture is everywhere!
Francesca, part 2!!!!
2024年11月14日, イタリア ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
We had the most amazing feast (it was supposed to be light apertivo...) Francesca had something else in mind. It really does pay to know a local food and wine guide. The restaurant itself was anもっと詳しく
Julie's Last Supper
2024年11月14日, イタリア ⋅ 🌙 8 °C
When life gives you lemons go to Turkey!
2024年11月15日, イタリア ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
Well, my trip has hit a glitch, but I am rolling with it. I got to the airport almost 3 hrs early and missed my flight. I read the screen wrong, waited at the wrong gate for 2 hours and did not hearもっと詳しく
The neverending travel day(s)
2024年11月16日, トルコ ⋅ 🌬 9 °C
I have now been up for 25 hours. Rome airport for 10 hours, 3 hrs in the air, Istanbul airport for 7 or 8. It is VERY different here! There are no x-ray machines for security, so they hand checkもっと詳しく
The end of a 48-hour travel adventure!
2024年11月16日, アメリカ ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
Not only am I almost home, but I walked right past Tig Notaro on my way to the gate!
Day 5 Lydgate Beach, Lihue
2025年6月20日, アメリカ ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
Our first real day of sunning on the beach, and yes, we got fried! The day was gorgeous and so was the beach!
























































































































































































































































