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At Home In Tuscany
The car rental seemed like a splurge but as true Californians, we love our cars and have sometimes missed the freedom of having a personal set of wheels. Tuscany has been the perfect place to hone our Italian driving skills…and given the semi-remote location of our apartment, we justified it as a necessity. …
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Who Needs A Stairmaster?
Make sure you have comfy shoes for a visit to Cinque Terre… it's a workout! Posted with Blogsy
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Living On The Edge-Literally!
Perched on the side of the northwestern coast of Italy, the five villages that make up the Cinque Terre have survived since the late middle ages. This was our destination today; a long drive, but well worth it! We drove to La Spezia, where we purchased a train ticket that would take us to each…
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A Question for Art Lovers
What iconic work of art is housed in this nondescript building? Along with many others, we waited about an hour to get inside, and it was worth every second. We left the first room, turned the corner, and there it was! Seventeen feet tall, placed beneath a huge glass dome. Hint: We were in…
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Blogging Is the Way to Go!
Our current trip to Italy seemed like the perfect time to start blogging, and we nervously put our toes in the water. We thought it would allow us to catalog our retirement travels and allow interested family and friends to follow along. Word Press offers several options and we decided for a public blog and…
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Medieval Tuscany Endures
We hopped into our little Alpha Romeo rental car Wednesday morning and set off on our first road trip in Tuscany. We refused to let overcast skies dampen our spirits…it was not yet raining and maybe we could take in the sights of Siena before the promised rain began to fall. With some advice from…
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Siena’s Church Brightens Stormy Day
It was a stormy day in Tuscany today, so we journeyed south to Siena to see one of Italy's few fully Gothic churches, a foreboding, but spectacularly beautiful place. A city of 57,000, Siena is built on a series of hills about an hour-and-a-half drive south of our home in San Baronto. It is difficult…
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So, You Want to Ride the Train in Italy!?
What is the best way to get around Italy? For us, it seemed that the train would be best for day trips from Rome and Verona and for intercity travel. This notion is foreign to many in the United States, where train options are few and far between in most of the country. How about…
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