Sep 17, 2010

Brett and I joke with each other that our 20 week European Adventure was ‘epic’ – and on all accounts, it really was. It totaled 140 days of travel. We weren’t on the go continuously (thank goodness!) and we didn’t see every inch of the land or site at each location either. But, we definitely tested my packing and organization...

May 11, 2010

Sitting at the airport on Saturday preparing for our departure from Italy, Brett and I were reminiscing about our time in Italia. We have so many good memories. However, I noticed as we talked about our stay that we kept getting caught up, as if in disbelief, when we would say ‘during our two months in Italy.’ Two months? Really? Has it already been...

May 11, 2010

We began our Italian adventure eight weeks ago in the capital city of Rome. A bustling big city that is the site of so much history and culture that during our month long stay we didn’t see it all. Our apartment was located in the Borgo neighborhood, just a few minutes from the Tiber River w/ Castel Sant’Angelo in one direction and Vatican City in...

Apr 26, 2010

So, it would seem that another week has passed in our European Adventure. Has it really been six weeks in Italy already? We have been busy. This past week spent in Florence was a good one: visits to Santa Croce, the golden Baptistry Doors, inside of the Duomo (we considered going into the crypt but decided to pass), another trip to our favorite Florentine...

Apr 25, 2010

When you think of Florence, you may think of Renaissance art, the Uffizi, Michelangelo’s David, the Arno, the Ponte Vecchio — but Florence is a city of so much more. Did you know that the history of modern Italian language has roots in medieval Florence and came into common usage thanks to Dante’s Divine Comedy? Or that modern poetry and modern...