Destination: Italy

roman holiday, with ed

Mon, 8 Jun 2009 | By dianacchan | Views [708] | Comments [4]

sadly, my week with ed has come to an end and now i am stuck in napoli until the 10th. im not exactly loving naples and 5 nights here is not how i imagined my time but what can you do, no ferries to croatia til then! met up with ed in rome and the ... Read more >

Castiglione della Pescaia

Fri, 5 Jun 2009 | By abcarlson | Views [935]

After a “farewell and see you soon” to my parents, the four of us made our way to Castiglione della Pescaia to spend our last day on the coast.   Wow, that sounded so easy, didn’t it?   To be honest, Garmin did deliver us right to the front door of ... Read more >

Gallery: Castiglione della Pescaia

Fri, 5 Jun 2009 | By abcarlson | Photo Gallery

Colle Val D'Elsa

Fri, 5 Jun 2009 | By abcarlson | Views [918]

Another small village town we stopped at was Colle Val D’Elsa.   This one was like the other little medieval villages that pop out of the top of hills in the Tuscan countryside, but unlike San Gimignano, it was geared for residents of the town, ... Read more >

Gallery: Colle Val D'Elsa

Fri, 5 Jun 2009 | By abcarlson | Photo Gallery

San Gimignano

Fri, 5 Jun 2009 | By abcarlson | Views [1508]

We visited the medieval town and fort of San Gimignano during our stay at the Aguritismo.   The town is surrounded by high walls on all sides with two large gates at either end.   It is mostly a tourist-driven town now, with many shops in which we ... Read more >

Gallery: San Gimignano Pt 2

Fri, 5 Jun 2009 | By abcarlson | Photo Gallery

Gallery: San Gimignano

Fri, 5 Jun 2009 | By abcarlson | Photo Gallery

Fattoria Poggio Alloro

Fri, 5 Jun 2009 | By abcarlson | Views [1529]

While I love our Garmin GPS device, when you don’t have a precise address for a destination, it makes things quite a bit more difficult than you ever imagined.   Add to that the stress of the rental car and navigating crazy switchbacks and narrow ... Read more >

Gallery: Fattoria Poggio Alloro Pt 2

Fri, 5 Jun 2009 | By abcarlson | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Fattoria Poggio Alloro

Fri, 5 Jun 2009 | By abcarlson | Photo Gallery

The Bane of Brandon's Existence...

Fri, 5 Jun 2009 | By abcarlson | Views [3222]

(...also known as, "When my wonderful husband rose to the incredible challenge of taming the manual Dodge."  ---Arielle) After our day exploring Rome it was back to the airport to pick up Mel and Cathy and our car that I would be driving for ... Read more >

Bonjour'no, Roma!

Fri, 5 Jun 2009 | By abcarlson | Views [1173] | Comments [1]

We just returned from an adventure-filled week in Italy!  We're separating our stories into the different areas we visited for ease of reading and photos.  Here we go! Our first day in Italy was spent in the beautiful city of Rome.  We began our ... Read more >

Gallery: Rome

Wed, 3 Jun 2009 | By abcarlson | Photo Gallery

italy, this edition: lost in venezia and firenze

Fri, 29 May 2009 | By dianacchan | Views [499] | Comments [2]

so here i am in florence now holed up in my dorm cause I HAVE FREE INTERNET! this hostel is so great, i even got a free dinner of a whole pizza! so now im being anti social and rather happy about it. so my initial landing into italy was a bit rough.... Read more >