We left the apartment in Rome’s Trastevere where we had just spent two wonderful weeks roaming around and visiting many (MANY) of the city’s so-called ‘secondary sights’. I was sad to leave Rome but I was also very excited about the next five weeks we would spend traveling around the ‘shin, heel and calf’ … More Mission Museum… Accomplished
I will admit that, initially , I did not want to go to Naples. At all. The city was allegedly dirty, noisy, utterly chaotic, and filled with petty thieves waiting to pounce on even the savviest tourist. According to the word of mouth on several travel boards, Napoli seemed to better fit the description for … More Unapologetic Napoli
Our last day to roam around in Rome was gray and rainy. But we were still in Rome, and that still beats rainy at home. We lazied around until C had read all his Swiss newspapers online and thought it was time to go out. We set out with the intention of going to Piazza … More One Last Roman Roaming
Our time in Rome is coming soon to an end, and after this we will have a few pretty intense days in Naples; I though it was in both of our interests to take it as easy as possible. You see, I decided to spend just 3 nights in Naples before I found out about … More Dinner and a Night Stroll
After lounging around in the apartment for almost record-breaking length (except our month-long stay in Lisbon where we had horrible weather and then got awfully sick), we decided by noon that we should go grocery shopping for dinner and then perhaps tackle one the items remaining on The Spreadheet. Except, that today was Liberation Day. … More The Museum Visit That Almost Wasn’t
C was still looking a little wilted this morning and overall enthusiasm for high adventure was lacking, so we took it easy. It was slightly past noon when we started talking about going out. I was not really up to anything that required big effort and I told him so. Then he said, ‘Why don’t … More Strolling and The Coin
Having had our lazy day, all items remaining in The Spreadsheet required some degree of effort. The original itinerary said that today we should get away from the Sunday Crowds and do a day trip to Villa d’Este in Tivoli. But I was not quite feeling like it. After shuffling the alternatives I could not … More Out of the Walls to See Priscilla Queen of the C…
Yesterday, the Lazy Day thing had backfired, but today, I did not even look at The Spreadsheet. Hey, the fact that I’m a recovering overplanner does not mean that I don’t have A Spreadsheet….I just don’t feel compelled to follow it (most of the time) to the dot. Besides, 95% of my ‘must do’ activities had … More Delivering on the Lazy Vacation Day Promise
It was supposed to be a lazy day. ‘We can relax and maybe go see a couple of churches not too far away’. Yup, that was what I said. So we had a leisurely breakfast, refilled our coffee mugs more than once and eventually rolled out the door in the general direction of the Colosseum. … More The Not-So-Lazy 3-Church Day
For not considering myself Catholic (not even a non-practicing one), I –and therefore C which was raised Protestant and is 100% non-religious- have been to a lot of sites which are very important to the faithful. But where the Church goes, magnificent art and architecture usually follow. And so do we… Well, I do, C usually … More Under, Inside, and All Around St. Peter
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