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This is post #14 and final post of our Northern Italy trip, for Saturday, November 3, 2012. Italy 2012, continued • Main Page Arrivederci means "until we see each other again," and that finality lingered around us when we woke up early that morning. No high water siren last night, and we wanted one last walk in… Continue reading Arrivederci, Italy
This is post #13 of our Northern Italy trip, for Friday, November 2,, 2012. Italy 2012, continued • Main Page We leave from the Fondamente Nova vaparetto stop, which is on the backside of the main islands, and head straight out past Venice's cemetery, on an island all its own. First stop is Murano (glass making) with… Continue reading Burano, of Many Colors
This is post #12 of our Northern Italy trip, for Friday, November 2, 2012. Italy 2012, continued • Main Page Water overlapping a doorway, across the canal from our hotel Late in the night, we hear the aqua alta (high water) sirens go off. A website tells us the following: So, first a siren is used… Continue reading Venice Churches and Sights
This is post #11 of our Northern Italy trip, for Thursday, November 1 to Friday, November 3, 2012. Italy 2012, continued • Main Page Marble Sign next to Convent Door That morning we'd been reading about the Acqua Alta -- high water -- that had flooded Venice this year, and seen the photos of tourists wading up… Continue reading Venice, at last!
This is post #5 of our Northern Italy trip, for Monday, October 28 -the morning of Tuesday, October 29, 2012. Italy 2012, continued • Main Page I thought these lights looked like hanging prom dresses. Waiting for Dave, back in the hotel, I caught up on journaling and thought about the woman I'd sat next to at… Continue reading Bologna, Sights and Scenes–final
This is post #4 of our Northern Italy trip, for Monday, October 28, 2012. Italy 2012, continued • Main Page For some reason, I am quite enamored of these slat-seat metal chairs in photos and have taken pictures of them in New York, San Francisco and now Bologna, although this is the first time I've… Continue reading Bologna, Sights and Scenes, II
This is post #3 of our Northern Italy trip, for Sunday, October 28, to Monday, October 29, 2012. Italy 2012, continued • Main Page First, a last look from Carpi. This is the meeting room of the Collegium Ramazzini, with its painted ceilings. Certainly not all Ramazzians come every year. The number of members in… Continue reading Bologna Sights and Scenes, I
(Italy 2007) Driving across the countryside is not an efficient use of time while traveling, but it certainly is a beautiful way to travel. And where we're going--the backroads work just fine. We're on our way to other hilltowns, before our final destination tonight of Pienza. Above is Orvieto, from afar (through a haze, but… Continue reading Todi, Deruta, Assisi & Pienza
We arrive in Paris; it was tight a connection on Alitalia until the flight was delayed by two hours and we spent too much money on airport food for lunch, but not by choice. Welcome to travel. We board and land in Rome, ready for our adventure. First adventure: get the rental car, by walking… Continue reading Orvieto, Italy
The Traveled Mind 