Florence – Christina's Food And Travel

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 …

October 5, 2017 November 27, 2018 / 2017 Travel, Florence, Travel

Sad to leave Florence today. We were up and packed, then took a nice long walk around the neighborhood after our coffee knowing we’d be sitting …

October 3, 2017 December 20, 2018 / 2017 Travel, Dinner, Florence, Italy2017, Travel

M.G. Designs was our first stop today. I wanted to pick out a few of Maria’s beautiful pottery pieces to add to my collection. We figured …

A lazy start to our morning – so unusual for us – it was great. An older man was mopping the entrance floors and the stairs …

Woke up this morning literally with a very cold shower. Apparently last night there was a gas leak in the apartment building and the gas was …

Losing a day getting from Portland to Florence is the hardest part of the trip to me. I’m all amped up, ready to see and do …

September 2, 2017 November 27, 2018 / 2017 Travel, Florence, Italy2017, Travel

What can a person say about air travel that’s interesting and without disaster to report. (Note to self: do not watch the movie “Sully” on this …