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Tue, 7 Feb 2012 | By vagabonds | Views [941]
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 [1154]
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 >
Sun, 29 Jan 2012 | By vagabonds | Views [1557]
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 [913]
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 >
Tue, 24 Jan 2012 | By vagabonds | Photo Gallery
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Mon, 23 Jan 2012 | By vagabonds | Views [1131]
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 [596]
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 >
Sun, 22 Jan 2012 | By mimoso_666 | Photo Gallery
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Sun, 22 Jan 2012 | By mimoso_666 | Views [582] | Comments [1]
You know how first impressions are. When you have a job interview, you need to look presentable. When you meet one of your friend's boyfriend for the first time, usually, after one look, you have an idea of him set in your mind. Cities are the same.... Read more >
Sun, 22 Jan 2012 | By vagabonds | Views [1409]
IT MUST HAVE SNOWED LAST NIGHT. The cars coming towards us had 10 cm of the wihite stuff on their roofs and the roads were slushy in those places shaded from the sun. The firs were draped in ermine, creating a winter wonderland much like ... Read more >
Sat, 21 Jan 2012 | By vagabonds | Views [1411]
The Renaissance may have produced Italy's best art, but not the first. That distinction goes to those anonymous people who scratched and chipped images onto the glacially polished rock at the Valcamonica Rock World Heritage Site in the Third Millennium ... Read more >
Thu, 19 Jan 2012 | By vagabonds | Views [1006]
Milan is one of the world's centers for fashion. Where famous designers like Chanel, Dolce & Gabbana and Versace - plus scores of less familiar - have their stores. Where women - and men - dress like models in fashion magazines. ... Read more >
Wed, 18 Jan 2012 | By vagabonds | Views [1837]
I first encountered Michelangelo in Irving Stone's The Agony and the Ecstasy way back in 1965. I have re-read the book a couple of times since then, getting a better appreciation of the man and his art with each reading. And I have a tattered, ... Read more >
Wed, 18 Jan 2012 | By mazystar | Photo Gallery
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