Destination: Italy

Scootering Along 2

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 | By carol | Views [472] | Comments [1]

Driving along Corso Vittorio Emanuele minding my own business and this big NOISY motorcycle darts in front of me and cuts me off. There were two twenty-something boys on it laughing and smiling without a care in the world. . . or so they thought. I ... Read more >

Scooter-ing Along 1

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 | By carol | Views [409]

Yesterday I hit it right. Knowing that Bush was in town and that traffic would be blocked everywhere, I left extra early for my 5:00 appointment. I had a meeting at Termini train station. So, thinking I was clever, I circumvented Trastevere and took ... Read more >

Rome

Fri, 6 Jun 2008 | By 4ofus | Views [464]

We finally said goodbye to our little car in Orvieto (after Marcelle's frenetic ssss steam clean)and headed for Rome by train Italy and our stay at Il Rosario. But not without a 2.5 hour train delay! ah well that's Italy. Very frustrating, but Cheryl ... Read more >

Gallery: Tuscany and Umbria

Fri, 6 Jun 2008 | By 4ofus | Photo Gallery

Milan, Monza and the Ducati factory

Fri, 6 Jun 2008 | By mick2077 | Views [438] | Comments [2]

If you are looking for somewhere to go for your next holiday, make sure you put Firenze(Florence) and Bologna on the list. Absolutly beautiful and the food is amazing. Now Ducati. When I went to the factory I missed the tour through the factory, so ... Read more >

Gallery: Ponza and Riva

Thu, 5 Jun 2008 | By anna | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Rome

Wed, 4 Jun 2008 | By 4ofus | Photo Gallery

Language

Mon, 2 Jun 2008 | By carol | Views [715]

Why is that my Italian students can remember so many verb conjugations in their own language but yet not recall a simple 's' in English? Let me explain. If we look at the simple present tense, an Italian verb has 6 words (vado, vai, va, andiamo, andate, ... Read more >

Mugello MotoGP

Mon, 2 Jun 2008 | By mick2077 | Views [647] | Comments [2]

Getting to the track was an adventure. When I got to the train station there was nothing to indicate I was even in the right town. No signs, buses, taxis or anything. As I was looking around to see if I was in the right place 2 guys jumped on the ... Read more >

Tuscany and Umbria tour

Sun, 1 Jun 2008 | By 4ofus | Views [414]

We drove slowly down the mountain from Campiglia on the Sunday morning, passing by Pisa and Livorno and turning right into Tuscany via Volterra and Siena. The high points were the beautiful Tuscany scenery, very green at this time of year with the vines ... Read more >

Roma

Thu, 29 May 2008 | By mick2077 | Views [412] | Comments [2]

This place is pretty crazy. The traffic  is pretty intense.  It looks like there are no rules cars, buses and millions of scooters dodging and weaving everywhere. Scooters are the dominant species here. Every traffic light looks like the start of a gp, ... Read more >

Gallery: Umbria & Le Marche

Thu, 29 May 2008 | By andrew_and_ange | Photo Gallery

Gallery: For Sonia

Thu, 29 May 2008 | By andrew_and_ange | Photo Gallery

Living on the edge - Campiglia style

Wed, 28 May 2008 | By 4ofus | Views [384]

This was a beautiful unspoilt little village at the entrance to the Cinque de Terre UNESCO protected park on the Ligurian Sea - directly across the large bay from Monaco, but on the Italian Riveria. It was extremely high on an escarpment that overlooked ... Read more >

The Chianti Hills and Florence

Mon, 26 May 2008 | By 4ofus | Views [383]

26th May Val and Cheryl are up and jostling with the crowds to be early off the ferry and cab rank for the Ancona station. We make the 8.15am train to Bologna but without porta rizervazioneCheryl plays musical seats all the way. We are misdirected re ... Read more >