Last Two Stops in Italy
After leaving Cinque Terre, we spent two nights in two places on our way to France. Nervi, Genoa The first was the Nervi neighborhood of Genoa. We had been to…
Cinque Terre
Our next stop on our self-guided tour of Italy was Cinque Terre (Five Lands). The name refers to five villages located within Cinque Terre National Park, which is also a…
Hanging out in Livorno
Our next stop in Italy was Livorno, a city of approximately 150,000 in Tuscany on the Ligurian Sea, which is north of Corsica where many (including me) may have thought…
Living Roman for a Few Days
You might be expecting a post about visiting various ancient sites, art, or other tourist-oriented things in Rome. This is not a post about that, because we didn’t do any…
March-April 2025 Transatlantic Cruise – Emerald Princess
(Edited 4/23/25 to add our bridge tour) In late March/early April 2025 we took a transatlantic cruise from Fort Lauderdale to Civitavecchia, the port closest to Rome. Several stops on…
Four Stops in Italy
The next country we visited on our cruise was Italy. We had been to Italy before, but all the scheduled stops were new places for us. We ended up with…
What a Difference a Year Makes – Part 1
Like most people, my life has been impacted in several ways by the ongoing pandemic. One of more significant impacts for me has been a reduction in my travel. In…