Today’s ride out of the Aosta Valley of Italy took us north over the Gran San Bernardino Pass, a ridge between Mont Blanc and Mont Rosa, the 2 highest summits in the Alps. I could see roadways as we headed up the hill (understatement), and I kept thinking “Surely, we are not going up THERE,” Yup, we did. Continue reading
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Day 9: Lake Como
Today was the last day a piedi (on foot), so we decided to spend the day at Lake Como. Going to an area with such a reputation for exclusivity, I decided to splurge on Primo Classe train tickets from Milan to Como – for the 36 minute train ride – for an extra €4 total. Ah, Kevin & I were in high cotton for a while. Continue reading
Day 6: Scouring the garden for flowers
The last morning in Firenze took us to the Medici house, Pitti Palace, and Boboli Gardens. This is a stop I wanted because Firenze is said to be all a bloom this time of year and what better place to go than a garden? Well, it’s not that kind of garden. Continue reading
Day 4: Where are Kevin and Steph?
A friend of ours suggested that we put some pictures of US enjoying Italy on the blog. I guess he has a point. Everyone has seen pictures of Michaelangelo’s David statue, but have you seen Kevin and Stephanie with David? I think not. So, here’s today’s version of Where are Kevin and Stephanie – Firenze edition.
Day 2: Rome (in a day)
They say Rome wasn’t built in a day and we couldn’t get there in a day either! After a rain delay caused us to miss our flight in Charlotte (as we stood at the gate, glaring at the closed door of OUR plane with 30 peeved off soon-to-be-Amazing-Race-style rivals for seats on other planes), be rerouted to Rome via Heathrow, spend 8 hours wandering the halls of the the airport and arrived in Rome late Thursday night, we begin our trip with day 2 – Rome. Continue reading
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