Florence

This and That, Then Say Goodbye

The last three weeks in Sicily and Italy have flown by and now it’s time to return home. While waiting in airports during flight delays (and …

Life has bittersweet moments, here are a few. This morning we said goodbye to long-time friends Gill and Des (front & right in the photo) who …

Marco, our driver for the day picked us up at 9:00 am for wine tasting and a visit to San Gimignano. We were ready for this …

Antimo left Florence today and headed to Rome, which left Jim, Jani, Des, Gill, Dick, and me on our own. Now what do we do? The …

Believe it or not, there were a few churches we hadn’t seen in Florence. Both churches that we visited today are treasures. One had an ornate …

Travel day! We left Bologna and arrived in Florence early afternoon. It’s only about a 40-minute trip by fast train. We had a lot of luggage …