Travel day. We left Lake Como in a thunderstorm and drove to Parma, Italy. We will be staying in Parma for one night and then tomorrow take a full day food tour before moving south into Tuscany. Not much to photograph today so I'll just show people and animals from our trip. My Italian is … Continue reading Sunday, August 6. Parma.
Today we purchased tickets for a ferry boat with all day, hop on, hop off privledges and visited numerous towns in the middle of the lake. Our favorite was Varenna. We visited it in the AM and then again for an early dinner. Someone needs to get married here! The following two videos were from … Continue reading Saturday, August 5. Lake Como, Italy.
Today was a travel day, Monterroso to Lake Como. I've attached my first attempt at using iMovie. The iMovie app is amazing! All the underwater video and photos, in the short movie/video, were taken this morning with my iPhone 7 Plus encased in an Otterbox, waterproof phone case. https://youtu.be/bK2GzkvaCKU
Since my history with boats is so dismal and I haven't had a full boating season on Lake Coeur dAlene without breaking down at least a few times......we decided to rent a boat from a guy who didn't speak English, had been drinking too much and required no id or money up front.....on the Ligurian … Continue reading Thursday, August 3. Monterosso Al Mare. Boat trip.
Monterosso is the north most city/town of the five towns comprising the Cinque Terre, Italy. We are staying in the "Old Town" section of Monterosso probably because we are old. The two sections are connected by a tunnel or path. We were awaken this morning at 6:00 am when my phone received 20-30 group text … Continue reading Wednesday, August 2. Monterosso, Cinque Terre.
Today we left Rome by train, heading to the Cinque Terre. Besides a picture of me drooling while taking a nap on the train, there is not much to show. The one subject I'll cover in today's post was my own little mission I undertook yesterday evening in Rome. You may or may not know … Continue reading Tuesday, August 1. Train Trip.
We visited a church, Basilica Di San Clemente, on the way to our scheduled tour of the Colossium. The church had excavated below its basement and discovered numerous layers of previous buildings pancaked on top of each other. Cool! The Colossium and Forum tour was very interesting. Our guide, Maria, was a nice Italian girl … Continue reading Monday, July 31. Rome
Below: I know Greece has had its financial and political issues the last few years. If Italy has had any issues recently it could all be boiled down to one thing, that I have found... Peanut butter! There is no peanut butter in this part of the world! Look at the photo below and try … Continue reading Sunday, July 30. Rome.
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