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Europe's kinky over-the-knee boot has it all: popes, painters, polenta, paramours, poets, political puerility and potentates. Its dreamy light and sumptuous landscapes seem made for romance, and its three millennia of history, culture and cuisine seduces just about everyone.
You can visit Roman ruins, gawk at Renaissance art, stay in tiny medieval hill towns, go skiing in the Alps, explore the canals of Venice and gaze at beautiful churches. Naturally you can also indulge in the pleasures of la dolce vita: good food, good wine and improving your wardrobe.
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Sat, 11 Feb 2012 | By matera | Views [2]
siamo stati a Matera la scorsa estate:meravigliosa!abbiamo soggiornato al Residence San Giorgio ( www.sangiorgio.matera.it )un albergo bellissimo e suggestivo nel cuore dei "Sassi" di Matera.le camere scavate nella roccia e il recupero storico ... Read more >
Thu, 9 Feb 2012 | By vagabonds | Views [9]
Cameras are not permitted in the Borghese Gallery, which is a pity. The gallery is home to three of the most striking marbles, all by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, successor to Michelangelo. Bernini's David , is very different than Michelangelo's. Michelangelo's ... Read more >
Wed, 8 Feb 2012 | By vagabonds | Views [16]
Michelangelo's painting in the Sistine Chapel is the most spectacular I have ever seen or ever will see; arguably the best art ever created by man. Not yet 30, Michelangelo considered himself a sculptor, not a painter, when he was coerced by Pope ... Read more >
Wed, 8 Feb 2012 | By vagabonds | Views [16]
The Vatican
is a nation within a city, and is a world unto itself. It is the center of Catholicism and
home to His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI.
St. Peter’s Basilica is the centerpiece of the Vatican and is the
largest church in Christendom.... Read more >
Tue, 7 Feb 2012 | By vagabonds | Views [24]
do as the Romans do. Dress warmly! Unlike friends who complained about the sweltering summer heat, we have been freezing. And we are not alone. Even the statues are are dripping icicles. Yesterday's train ride from Milan looked more like a scene ... Read more >
Mon, 6 Feb 2012 | By vagabonds | Photo Gallery
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Sun, 5 Feb 2012 | By vagabonds | Views [53]
While much of Italy - and most of the rest of Europe - is under a blanket of snow and sub-zero temperatures, we are hunkered down in our room at Aviano Air Base, watching crime show reruns and Super Bowl hype on the Armed Forces Network. It's cold ... Read more >
Wed, 1 Feb 2012 | By copperowl | Photo Gallery
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Sun, 29 Jan 2012 | By vagabonds | Views [81]
Travel guru Rick Steves has hyped the Cinque Terre so much on his Europe TV program (check your local PBS station for times) that it almost seems like we had already been there. And when we arrived at Sestri Levante near the Cinque Terre coast, ... Read more >
Sat, 28 Jan 2012 | By vagabonds | Views [67]
We met John Potter a couple of years ago in Singapore. His Explorers Club credentials were impressive, his personal story was touching, his interests were varied and his British accent was charming, like listening to Hugh Grant. He and Caroline sailed ... Read more >
Wed, 25 Jan 2012 | By vagabonds | Views [78]
The two towns could hardly be more different. Monte Carlo, with memories of Prince Ranier and Princess Grace, the famous Gran Prix race and the Grand Casino, is home to the beautiful (and oh-so-wealthy) people. Gardens, fountains and sculpture trail ... Read more >
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 | By vagabonds | Photo Gallery
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Mon, 23 Jan 2012 | By vagabonds | Views [73]
Mark Twain and Horace Greeley popularized the Grand Tour in the United States but it was already a right-of-passage for upscale Europeans in the 19th Century. One could hardly be considered cultured without having visited the capitols of Europe to ... Read more >
Mon, 23 Jan 2012 | By mimoso_666 | Views [30]
I am writing from no
country today. I am lost, somewhere, between Italy and Greece
(hopefully, the people in charge of the boat know where we are better
than I do!). I embarked yesterday afternoon on this ferry boat,
capable, during summer, of ... Read more >
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