Author Archives: distracted1

Day 5 – Cremona and Lake Garda… As we leave the hotel we first head up the street to the piazza where there is quite the ceremony going on. Ah … June 2 that would be Festa della Repubblica, basically … Continue reading →

Day 4- Wednesday 6-1 Up early to get on the road for Cremona. Donna, Jack and Lynn have a last magnificent Jeanette breakfast… I have… you guessed it! CAFFE DOPPIO!! We start by staging the suitcases in the hallway at … Continue reading →

Day 3 Ok… you know something is special when I get up for breakfast before I have to while on vacation but this morning, there I was, at the breakfast table gazing adoringly at my first doppio of the day… … Continue reading →

Monday morning! Remarkably rested and ready to hit the breakfast room. Now, I’m kind of a traditionalist when it comes to breakfast. Coffee. That’s my breakfast. If possible, a good Italian espresso…. which IS possible today! So while the others … Continue reading →

The older I get, the simpler, and yet, more confusing travel becomes. I am now familiar and comfortable with the rules and the procedures of international air travel. It’s really not that big an issue if I can’t bring my … Continue reading →

Day 5, first full day in Cortona, Cortona is our adopted Italian home town. It is the town that called us to Italy in 1999 and to which we have returned 10 times in 11 trips. We know people here … Continue reading →

  Travel day today. Showers, packing, and breakfast before the car arrived to take us to the airport to pick up the rental car. Yes the airport. As backwards as it seems, picking up a rental at the airport is … Continue reading →