Saturday, 25th Ciao Florence! 330 Km/hr train speed, Jaguar limo to the hotel, and we’re definitely feelin’ the good travel life. If I see another sweaty redfaced American walking with a 50 pound backpack trying to find a hostel, I’m going to give up …
Archives for 2012
Florence Photos
If you want the best mix of big city life all packed into a small area with a huge splash of culture (biggest museums, beautiful duomos, huge piazzas, etc.) Florence is your best bet. The shopping here is unreal reminiscent of NYC and right next …
3 Nights in Firenze
Honeymoon Update by Steven Fowler Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012 After a reasonable few hour train ride, Florence Centrale was our last stop. A quick taxi ride through throngs of tourists with sweaty backs and blushed faces, put us at Hotel …
Highlights of Manarola
Some of the highlights of our two nights in Cinque Terra were... 1. Swimming in Italy! The water was clean, cool, and gorgeous! 2. Drinking fresh lemonade. 3. Hiking from one town to another. 4. Walking everywhere. 5. Waking up to a church …
Best Pasta of My Life, Manarola
August 20, 2012, it seems like everyday in Italy I eat the best pasta I ever ate in my whole life. Several days down now and my pasta at Trattoria Dal Billy takes the cake so far. I had the lasagnette agli scampi made with fresh homemade pasta of …
Manarola, Quaint Fishing Town
We spend two nights in the quaint fishing town of Manarola. This part of the trip was our "roughing it" segment. Steve picked the cutest little (I mean little) room for us in an apartment on the hill where a local family rented out rooms called Casa …
Cinque Terra, Manarola
Monday, August 20, 2012, we arrived around 5 pm at the #2 town Manarola of the #5 tiny hill towns of Cinque Terra after three hellish trail rides! …
Three Nights in Venezia
(Friday August 17, to Monday August 20, 2012) We took a high speed train to Venice from the Milano Centrale train station. It cost us about €36 each and took about 2 ½ hours. We arrived at Venice train station at 3:10 p.m. and navigated our way …
Photos of The Duomo in Milano
Here are more photos of the Duomo of Milan and the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele. Again, words cannot express the magnificant art and the magnitude of this cathedral!!! Outside of the Duomo a street hawker offered me a free thread bracelet. I …
Buon Giorno Italia!
August 15, 2012, we took a flight from JFK to Milan. We got in on the 16th in the am and took a train to the Milano Centrale about 40 minutes away. From the train station we walked to our hotel. We got to spend one foggy night (because we were so …