A visit to Croatia isn’t complete without some island hopping. The state-owned Jadrolinija ferries that connect all the Croatian islands to the mainland, as well as offering routes to and […]
Chronology
Bassano del Grappa and the Dolomites
Bassano del Grappa and Surrounds Bassano del Grappa is one of the walled cities originally built by the Venetians and afforded us an excellent base for a week to explore […]
Verona and Lake Garda
A visit to Veneto wouldn’t be complete without a trip to Verona to see where Romeo and Juliet declared their love for each other! Verona was an easy albeit expensive […]
Venice
Experiencing Venice firsthand gives one an idea of the immense wealth amassed by the Venetian traders in the thirteenth century, when Venice was the most prosperous city in all of […]
The Amalfi Coast
The Amalfi Coast is a collection of villages dotted along a beautiful stretch of coastline stretching from Salerno to Naples in central Italy. In June 1807 Giuseppe Bonaparte visited the […]
Rome
It was a quick stop for us in Rome after a memorable few days in Florence and Tuscany: it was forecast to be very hot and there’s only so much […]
Florence and Tuscany
Florence was such a vibrant city just brimming with history. Amazing museums, beautiful Tuscan architecture and such amazing food. Lisa assigned the kids homework: a list of landmarks across the […]
Cinque Terre
To explore Italy’s famous Cinque Terre – literally translated as “five lands” – we based ourselves in the quaint oceanside enclave of Riva Trigoso on the Italian Riviera. Our little […]
Nice and the French Riviera
Our trip from Paris to Nice was the first of what will be many European train journeys, the roughly six hour adventure took us hurtling across central France on one […]
Paris
As our Air France flight disembarked from San Francisco I had to pinch myself a little: we were finally off to Europe! In spite of COVID and a significant portion […]
The Long Road Through Canada
I’ve crossed a lot of country borders in my years. Generally the occasions have been reasonably uneventful (except for that one time I wasn’t allowed to board a US-bound plane […]
The Glenn Highway and Tok Cutoff
Following another round of COVID tests in Anchorage on our way north from The Kenai Peninsula, we officially marked the beginning of our very long drive back to California to […]