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Fri, 9 May 2014 | By chiacchierare | Views [628]
Padova train station 20.34 Sunday evening
The darkness has started to descend and the people on the platform increasingly have to rely on the florescent lights above. The sky is turning an azurian blue but keeps exploding into a sea of white as ... Read more >
Tags: italy, padova, rain, station, train, travel
Thu, 8 May 2014 | By chiacchierare | Views [429]
I have the feet of a traveller, a pilgrim. Covered as they are in blisters, sores and dirty. A permanent ‘X’ embellishing them even when they are bare, a mark of the time spent in my sandals on dusty roads. Each weary step takes me forwards, ... Read more >
Tags: hiking, italy, pilgrim, umbria, walking
Wed, 7 May 2014 | By kwilson | Views [224]
Hello From Aix-en Provence -
It’s mid-day Tuesday , Marlene remains with her head on the pillow coughing up a storm and anticipating the doctor’s promise that she will feel better on Wednesday ... Read more >
Wed, 7 May 2014 | By kwilson | Views [246]
Greetings -
So, let’s dart back to last Friday evening and Saturday . After the Isle of Capri visit, Marlene and I had dinner around the corner from our apartment at a restaurant in the front courtyard ... Read more >
Wed, 7 May 2014 | By kwilson | Views [198]
Hi Again -
We went to the Isle of Capri (CAP’-ree) last Friday. Now, I don’t know about you, but I’d heard of the Isle of Capri, but I couldn’t tell you if it was in a fairy tale or where ... Read more >
Tue, 6 May 2014 | By kwilson | Views [229]
Hi Again From France - It’s Sunday evening back to our French home after our 17-day Rome trip. That means opening mail, of which there is continually very little. The U.S. Postal Service forwards our mail, but is very selective as to what they ... Read more >
Tue, 6 May 2014 | By kwilson | Views [230]
Hi From Aix-en Provence: Well, we’re back in Aix-en Provence after a 25-hour journey that started yesterday at noon in Positano. It included a very over priced room in Rome last night. We’ve been home five hours and Marlene has ... Read more >
Mon, 5 May 2014 | By letrishamouton | Views [246] | Scholarship Entry
The first time I set foot in Venice I was in awe. The sea spray mixed the smell of wine and, of course, pizza was intoxicating. In every direction Venetian Gothic architecture gave an ominous greeting as the plague doctor masks adorned by the famous gondoliers ... Read more >
Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip
Mon, 5 May 2014 | By kwilson | Views [946]
Hi Again From The Amalfi Coast -
When we last met it was last Wednesday and we had just passed Sophia Loren’s vacation home and about to enter the city of Amalfi, the largest city on the Amalfi Coast.
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Mon, 5 May 2014 | By kwilson | Views [273]
Hello From The Amalfi Coast -
It is late Thursday evening and we’re back from one of the great dinners of all time. The couple from Boston, that we met in Rome, had just been to Positano and ... Read more >
Fri, 2 May 2014 | By kwilson | Views [258]
Greetings From Positano - So, Tuesday evening all four of us went to dinner. We knew we were going way up above Positano, that the restaurant would send someone down and pick us up, that the restaurant grew their own vegetables and that the view was ... Read more >
Fri, 2 May 2014 | By kwilson | Views [212]
Hi Again From The Amalfi Coast - It’s Wednesday evening and we can report that the bad weather day, Tuesday, turned out to have some sunshine, while the better day, Wednesday (today) was more gray than sunny. So, we grasped the sunshine on ... Read more >
Fri, 2 May 2014 | By wilde1 | Views [197] | Scholarship Entry
My dream of living a month in Florence conjured scenes from “Under the Tuscan Sun”. Apart from my first day a Firenze, I was saturated in a month of perpetual rain. I was drowning in the language, the food, the wine, the smells, the noise, the sights, ... Read more >
Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip
Fri, 2 May 2014 | By wilde1 | Views [172]
It is now just under 4 months until we head back Europe and I'm getting super excited! We have booked an 11 night cruise (59% discount -yay) and are in the process of now arranging airfares. Sooooo looking forward to visiting Milano, beautiful San Sebastian ... Read more >
Wed, 30 Apr 2014 | By kwilson | Views [1223]
Hello From The Wet Amalfi Coast -
We have run into wet weather and culinary heaven! It’s now Tuesday morning after a night of rain and thunder. The sun breaks through here and there, ... Read more >
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