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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 →

Day 3, warm enough for you? Those of you who know me at all probably know that I’m not a big fan of the heat. Anything above say 65 I generally consider questionable and above 75 I head for an … Continue reading →

Full day 2 A little stiff this morning, the stiff mattress was a little stiffer perhaps without the benefit of a transatlantic voyage to redefine “stiff” and to knock us out. But we woke up in Rome and that can … Continue reading →

The end of day 1 So after the Irish Pub burger food coma we enjoyed after lunch on day 1 we decided to go for what looked like a little walk to the Giardini del Quirinale. We walked and we … Continue reading →

Full day #1 Good morning Rome! Our first night in the apartment we slept the sleep of the dead, despite the remarkably firm mattress. The apartment is small and by small I mean I’ve seen more square footage of living … Continue reading →