Category: Italy

July 11-14 As part of our experience in Rome, we took a tour of catacombs and crypts. I think it may be a popular tour due to the gruesome nature of it all. However, it isn’t all that gruesome but was figuratively and literally deep. This tour begs the tourist to ponder impermanence or the…… Continue reading Impermanence and Your Fear of Death // Catacombs and Crypts

July 7-11 We are flying over the Alps today, July 14th, to spend two weeks with Shell’s family. We’ll be in Amsterdam, Ghent, Bruges, and Wiesbaden. After just a week and a half, I think we are both looking forward to the pace of movement slowing some, but that won’t be happening until the end…… Continue reading Bologna // Rome

July 10 The cicadas were already in full orchestra near the train station outside of town. Our train was late to arrive in Modena. Our plan was to hustle over to Franceschetta 58 and see if they had lunch tables left. It was a twenty five minute walk, placing us just away from one hour…… Continue reading Aziz Ansari // Enzo Ferrari // Massimo Bottura // Modena

July 6-7 It’s 4 PM on Thursday while I write this and we’ve already turned in for naps. Blame the truffles and the wine, not our weak constitution for hiking up steep vineyards with no reprise from the sun. I haven’t been to Tuscany, but I must say Piedmont has been particularly nice to us. The people…… Continue reading Population: < 1000 | Novello, Barolo, Grinzane Cavour

July 4-6 After a quick few hours in Milano, we headed southwest via car. We used Waze to navigate our way around and were happy to find my Waze still set to avoid highways from our California trip. We only hit the Autostrada a couple of times, otherwise, we were taken through sun-baked pink and…… Continue reading At the roundabout ahead – mostly Milano