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 …
Category Archives: Italy-2019
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 …
Adventure Day
Last night we completed the police report filed with the help of Barcelona’s Boys in blue, some wonderful guys at a station nearby. They were great; that is – understanding, helpful and kind. Thanks Vincent and #411… Today, we headed to the airport, where our plans unraveled faster than a good dream. The airport, metro …
Aftermath from our ‘too much’ day
Yesterday was slightly different as an energetic level. We finished off our Gaudi experience with a walk all over the roofs and apartments of la Pedreras, the residential building designed by Gaudi, whose owner lived in the first floor 14,000 foot apartment amid the most unique home around anywhere. You should be saying – who …
Barcelona
Day one has gone superbly well, and my feet are blistered, my tummy is distended, and my heart is full. We’ve had such a run at Barca’s things to do all day. We made it to the Basilica (Sagrada Familia), and with a group or 18 or so people, we toured – following a red-risen-fly-swatter …