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Italy 2006

Since our flight back to NYC wasn't until 2:00p, my aunt and I were able to enjoy our final breakfast in Rome. Other than another couple, the rest of our tour mates were already at the airport for earlier flights.

Day 2-Venice!    The real random romance came the next day though. Looking out at a canal, I looked up as a tall, blond-haired, blue-eyed, attractive man walked up to me.   “Hello, do you know who you look like?” he asked. “No, who?” “You look like someone I would lik…

I finally completed my work in Rome and boarded a plane headed for Washington D.C. on Feb 28. I enjoyed my trip to Rome, but after 4 straight weeks full of work and sight-seeing, I am definitely looking forward to Home. Here are some final random shots of the city of Rome. 

Again, rising just before the sun, we scrambled to gather things so that we could get our free chocolate croissants and orange juice before we left this hostel with terribly uncomfortable beds. Hotel in Paris here I come! We got checked out on the way to the train station at, like, 6 in the mor…

In 2006 we travelled for 4 and a half weeks through Italy! I was in Italy two times before.I loved it!!! Italy is such a lovely country. This was the first time for my husband. We went to Venice,San Marino, Rimini, we've spent a week on the Amalficoast(amazing), Capri (beautiful), Paestum,climb the Vesuvio, Sorrento,Pompeï etc A couple of days in Rome, 3 days near La Spezia and walked in the Cinque Terre. Then to Milan and a couple of days in Germany.

Even though the sun was shining when we left Amsterdam, it was raining when we arrived in Pisa. Doesn't matter: we are in Italy!. Our tour guide, madeleine, prefers to say that it's not raining but those drops are liquid sunshine. In our touringcar we are waiting for 20 minutes for one person who s…

We arrived back in Rome just in time to grab an early dinner and head to the Circus Maximus to watch the soccer match. Tens of thousands of people had crowded into the ancient track to watch the game unfold upon three big screens. When Italy scored, hundreds of Italian flags went up throughout …

My principal destination was Italy and I decided not to go reinventing the wheel but stick to the standard itinerary of Rome-Florence-Venice. I can say I never regretted the choice! Beautiful places, each special in its own way.. No pictures or descriptions can explain why I fell in love wit…

2001 was an amazing year for me.  I got engaged, I quit my job, I got married, I moved to another state, and I traveled abroad for the first time in my life.  What better place to begin than the magical, romantic city of Venice!  Since it was our honeymoon, we were sparing almost no …

Having stayed an extra night in Naples has screwed us up a bit. We need to get moving. We have a lot of things to do in Rome. The first train leaves really early. We are determined to be on it. We wake up early, pack up and check out and run to the train station. TO ONCE AGAIN SEE THE TRAIN LEAVING…

 Florence   Heavily trodden streets of Florence. Every little corner. Bizzy, buzzy, fizzy. Like gas in an open bottle of Champaign. Group of tourists following their leaders, who are holding colorful umbrellas (to be easily spotted). And I’m standing in the middle of the San Giovan…

When the plane takes of it is still dark outside. Belgium is sleeping, while I take my run to Pisa. Ones above the clouds everything has turned to black. Than the sky awakens. I have never seen a daybreak as magic as from the air. The clouds below seem to be a floor of marble, or an endless la…

You can find informations about Cinque Terre here:APT Cinque Terre e Golfo dei Poeti,Parco nazionale delle Cinque Terre.About the ferries.

Massa Lubrense, where my grandparents live ...... is my little paradise for the blue clear sea, the bays and hidden beach between peaky mountains, kayaking and the sunsets....mozzafiato!