Scenes from Rome

I decided to start posting pictures from our Italy trip of the sites that we visited.  Now that I’ve been back a few weeks, I look back at our trip with a fresh sense of nostalgia.  Italy will always bring back fond memories for both of us from the the places we saw and the people [...]

Blah Blah Blah

I hate being such a Debbie Downer but I’m still struggling to get happy for the holidays.  This morning on the radio, I heard Alicia Keys’ new song “No One” and my mind immediately flashed back to Italy.  We heard that a lot over there on MTV Italy or Europe (whatever channel our hotel subscribed [...]

Timezones

Obi-Wan and I are now 8 hours apart again.  Ho-hum, waa waa waa.  (That’s my Debbie Downer whining from the Saturday Night Live skit).  The two weeks seemed to go by slowly at the time so that was nice but it was hard to say goodbye.  I so wanted to kidnap him and put him [...]

End of Italian Extravaganza

Obi-Wan and I will be parting early morning on Friday this week after 2 weeks here.  I have a mixture of feelings about this.  I’m going to miss him after getting used to being around him and spending time with him again.  But I’m ready to go home.  I’ve enjoyed Italy immensely and we’ve created [...]

Grappa and wild boar

We are in Tuscany in a small town called Greve taking our 3 day cooking class.  Last night, we tried Grappa for the first time.  Grappa is liquor made from distilled grapes and is ridiculously potent - similar to moonshine in the U.S.  It’s 40-50 proof if that gives you any idea.  Our hostess’ husband [...]

Further thoughts on Italy

Today we lingered around the hotel room a bit more catching an extra morning nap. I think after a week of walking at least 6-7 hours a day, it was catching up with us. We finally headed out into the city around 11:30 am. It’s been rather chilly here so the walking [...]

Greetings from Firenze

Firenze is a blast. So far, we are enjoying it far more than Rome, not that Rome isn’t wonderful. It’s just less hectic here - a more casual pace. The streets are smaller and there are little shops that appear everywhere in the sides of buildings. The architecture is amazing and [...]

Buon Pomerrigio

Good afternoon from Florence. Obi-Wan and I just arrived in Florence after spending 3 days in Rome. Rome was fun, gritty, busy but great to see. We saw just about all of the main tourist attractions, including the Vatican, Colliseum, Pantheon, and others. We ate lots of good food, had some [...]

Countdown

In less than 24 hours, I will be in Rome with Obi-Wan.  I leave tonight at 7:30 EST.  He is already there and has wandered around the city quite a bit.  He arrived 2 days earlier than I did to make sure that he would get there in time and be able to meet me [...]