We leave Scilla in the morning, probably before you will read this. Brother Bill is safely back to his routine in Cleveland, Robert and Elizabeth are probably in Venice, and the remaining four of us soldier onward south. This small fishing village connects through to the larger Scilla (pronounced Sheila). Lew just took this photo, …
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Trulli – We truly do!
Leaving the amazing Matera yesterday, having peeked, poked, prodded and photographed everything that stood motionless. It was a short drive of slightly over an hour and a half to bring us through the Puglia countryside. Puglia’s whole look is different than the patchwork quilt of Bettola, or the hilly vineyards and plots of tomatoes of …
Matera Ciao, Bella!
We leave in the morning, after a short visit of about 36 hours. During our short time, we have left a moderate amount of money on food, a tour or two, some gratuities towards random musicians, staff, blind people, and church lights. It’s the way of it, right? We’ve walked a decent amount of steps, …
7000 years old?
This place is one of the three oldest inhabited places in the world, and it feels like it’s got some time yet to spend. It is crazy, stoney, very filled with young folks, many stories up and down, with great dramatic landscapes, and the Passion of Christ was filmed here. (Not that I’ve seen it-but …
Finished with a Festa
We leave in the morning, Monday at 7 AM, to drive ten hours to our next destination. Elaine is finally feeling better; John is with us, whole; Bill is good, and has forgotten nothing; Robert and Elizabeth are peeling off to go to Florence. That is the surface, but not the essence, of course. We …
Sweetly does that Bell ring
It is Saturday evening here in Soglio, frazione of Orero, in the former Irish pub, next to the Church of St. Michael of Soglio. So, friends, we are making progress. By this I mean that I have no accidents to report-well- other than John accidentally falling through an 800year old hole in the floor of …
IS this the real life or is this a fantasy?
When all else fails, we do continue to eat. Our B&B serves. Breakfast, and not just hard rolls. More about that later. The best news- We are in the best bed and breakfast yet. Among other things, We have hot water! We have antibiotics! ( For Elaine) We have beds, and private bathrooms. We have …
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The Rural Countryside
I really had done a blog post this morning, but the wee ones that determine such things performed a bit of Bloggery, and it disappeared. My apologies- I am sure it was the best one I ever wrote… But, it is gone, and now I write at the tail end of a day instead of …
Arrivederci Genova (Zena,Genoa)
A final farewell to Genoa is in order. We are juggling cars, luggage, people and aiming for a morning at the port where the boat show is in progress. We have an old friend, now in a nursing home, to visit for a final goodbye to her. It was she who first , several years …
Sunday in Genova
We are arrived – at least six of us. John is our later arrival, our stateless cousin, if the Consulate doesn’t help him out with a new passport tomorrow when the office opens. The beginning of our Italian journey chapter 2019, began in Venice this morning with the arrival of a van at the airport …