2017 trips

We left Manarola on the 7:17 in the frickin morning train.  It all had to do with connections.  The quickest most direct train route from Cinque Terre to Naples, which was our termination train station for Amalfi, was through Rome.…

And anchovies. The train ride from Siena to Manarola went much more smoothly than we would ever have hoped.  Except for the additional 10 Kilos of cheese and salted meat we were now toting.  We made new friends, Leslie and…

In the last post we had just visited our first winery on our second day in Siena.  Confused yet?  Today we are headed from Manarola in Cinque Terre to Almalfi.  Currently on the fast train from La Spezie to Roma…confused…

We arrived on time (in Italy this is not a given) to Siena on our train from Florence.  We began our visit utilizing what we now know if a very common vehicle for entering Siena.  An escalator.   Up from…

On our way to Siena on the local train.  Where we met a mother and daughter originally from the same area of Russia as Anna.  Small world.  The daughter sells South Korean cosmetics to Russians.  Who knew.     Since…

We were up at the crack of dawn on Friday to take the first fast train from Florence to Bologna.  Exiting the maze of the huge Bologna train station to find our meet-up point we were joined by a newlywed…

First moving day involves being packed the night before, check, getting up early, check, since we are in a hotel this leg, it means acquiring early caffeine hit via room service, check. Then hauling bags and butts to the airport…

Culture alert!  Although it is mostly pop culture.  Today was all about the street art of East London.  We had to negotiate the London Tube, subway, to get from our hotel near Piccadilly Circus to The Goat Statue, what city…

Our flight from Dallas to London actually took off and landed early….yea!  Nobody got forced off of the flight and we didn’t see the crew punch anyone so the entertainment was limited to downloaded episodes of season 3 of Bosch.…