We woke to a dreary, foggy Venice morning, packed our overnight bag for our two days in Bassano del Grappa and went to catch the vaporetto for the train station. Here is our dreary morning walk. Those of you who … Continue reading →
Yesterday started off slowly with a relaxed breakfast and lunch in the apartment. We had tickets at La Fenice for the matinee performance of “Madame Butterfly” so set out walking at about 1:45. The performance was at 3:30 and we … Continue reading →
Today was another of those domestic days, having Paolo come over and fix light fixtures, the new dishwasher was installed ( and this one actually does get the water into it), and running back and forth to the Coop grocery. … Continue reading →
We spent the morning relaxing and waiting for Sabrina our landlady to come by at Noon. The dishwasher was not working and Sabrina and Paolo are always so prompt in coming to see what the problem is. By the time … Continue reading →
Well, maybe not an ode but today was one of those days that you can have and appreciate when you are a Slow Traveler. We did absolutely no tourist stuff. None. Yes, we actually got up by 8:30, and had … Continue reading →
Last night we met a SlowTrav online friend “Kattibella” and went to da Alberto for dinner. Although Kathy has been to Venice many times, she had never been there and since she is leaving Venice in the next day or … Continue reading →
Here we are in Venice in our cozy home-away-from-home. It’s been a while since we posted so bear with me while I catch up. We were bound and determined to go to Greenwich so Friday we set out to do … Continue reading →
One promised thing left over from last night’s birthday celebration. We went to Alan’s birthday dinner at Koffmann’s in the Berkeley Hotel. We walked there and it took us about 25 minutes. We had been told to plan on it … Continue reading →
We have been so busy that we haven’t had a chance to write. As it is obvious, we made it to London just fine, met our driver, and were delivered to the door of the apartment with no worries in … Continue reading →
Let me first say that we had a very good time in Los Angeles. My cousins came up from Long Beach and other cousins came down from Simi Valley. We had a great time with both sets of relatives. We … Continue reading →
