Archive for March, 2004
Siena and environs
Tomorrow we take off in a rented car for 5 days to explore the regions west of Avignon, the Camargue, and then north of Arles, and then we’ll return to this beautiful village of Saignon (which, if I haven’t yet explained, is just a few kilometers—up—from Apt, in Provence).
I don’t seem to have found time [...]
More about Venice from us in France
Upon hearing about sagging beds and irascible Venetian chefs, some have written wanting to know if we are in fact having a good time. Mais oui, certainly we are! Everything is new and fascinating (if not always entirely comfortable or comprehensible) and we are enjoying ourselves thoroughly. Travel, you know, broadens the mind and the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Frankfurt & Venice (from the comfort of Saignon)
If you have been following the international news, you might have heard that today in Italy there was a general strike in protest of the current retirement/pension system. One of the many areas of civil life affected was national transportation, especially trains. Thus I am excessively happy to report that while Val and I spent [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Siena ciao
internet prices are way cheaper in siena than they were in venice.
we got kind of city’ed out so we passed right through Florence and came to Siena instead. We are ready to get out of tourist-overrun towns in hopes that we could find some decent food.
I am grumpy this morning because I’ve put [...]
Sealegs in Venice
We canàt afford this particular internet station so we are just sending signs of life’
Weàve spent the day roaming venice, gazing at the bazillion gold tesserae of San Marco until our necks cricked and hysteria set in and we could no longer obey the stern Silenzio! signs, socializing with a young woman from New Zealand [...]
