Feb 10, 2012

Our apartment this go-around in Rome is a studio loft. The flat is in an old building on a small cobblestoned one-way street. We are on the 2nd floor – so really the third floor, as the first level is the ground floor, then the first floor, second floor, etc. We have a nice wooden door with lots of character. Inside, we have a large living space with...

Feb 6, 2012

Well, we are more than delighted to announce that we have safely arrived in Rome, Italy. We flew out of Indianapolis on Saturday morning with the Super Bowl festivities under way. The traffic wasn’t bad. The airport wasn’t as crowded as we expected. And we were off. Our connecting flight to Philly provided me with a nice little nap and Brett a...

Aug 31, 2011

Can it be true? Is it really going to be September this week? For awhile I thought that the end of summer would never come; and yet, now that it is here and I thoroughly surprised by its arrival. We arrived back Stateside after a wonderful February in Athens and March in Rome. April was busy with reacquainting ourselves with friends and family, transitioning to...

Mar 11, 2011

In case you weren’t part of the lucky readership of the Daily Journal in Johnson County, Indiana who had a Lifestyle Feature article titled “Freedom to Roam” delivered to their doorstep late last week, we wanted to share it with you. To read the full article, you can click on the article image or any of the blue article links in this blog post...

Mar 5, 2011

Although the weather the last two weeks of our four week stay was a bit less glorious than the first two, we pushed through the rain, wind and 40 degree days to pull out a very enjoyable trip in Athens. Athens is a great big city, with lots to see and explore. Unfortunately due to the rain, we didn’t get to do a few of the items on our list – but we...

Mar 2, 2011

I fulfilled a life-long dream in Athens. I climbed the Acropolis. I stood in the shadow of the Parthenon. I explored the Ancient Agora, the Roman Agora and the slopes of the Acropolis. I walked in the footsteps of history. And although the Parthenon was covered by a considerable amount of construction equipment, it was amazing. It’s size –...