I started today by climbing the cupola of the Duomo di Firenze (Florence's Cathedral). This Cathedral was started in 1296 and is most noted because of it's large dome over the main cathedral. The dome…
Florence, Italy – Rosario, the car that could?
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Bologna, Italy – La Grassa (The Fat)
Went to Bologna for the day. It’s only a 35 minutes via the high speed train. The first thing we noticed was the relatively new train station. Come to find out, this train station was…
Florence, Italy – Night Biking
Arrived in Florence and met our apartment host. This time it was a 1 bedroom apartment that had all that Italian charm. In other words, one of the first things our host made sure to…
Verona, Italy – Romeo, Romeo
This time you'll find us in Verona. Got to Verona and jumped on the bus to our home for the night. We realized after about 5 bus stops that we had the right bus, but…
Venice, Italy – The City of Water
Back to Milan to take the fast train to Venice. The train model we were on can reach a maximum speed of 300km/hr (186 mph). Although, when we glanced at the monitor we only saw…
Bellagio, Italy – The Pearl of Lake Como
Next it was on to Bellagio. No, not the casino in Vegas, but the “pearl of Lake Como”, in Northern Italy. We had gotten an apartment rental located close to the San Giovanni ferry stop,…
Milan, Italy – And Traffic Chaos
We began our trip to Italy by spending a day and a half in New York City. I had heard about a special exhibit at the NY Botanical Gardens. The exhibit was the works of…
Far North East New Mexico
Join us on our tour of a number of back roads in the north east corner of NM... We started the day at the Capulin Volcano. The Capulin Volcano is a national monument and is…
Sugarite Canyon
We took Ms. Wynn up to the northern part of New Mexico, almost to the Colorado border. Spent some time hiking in Sugarite Canyon. Sugarite Canyon is in Raton, NM and is one of…
Mt. Taylor – The Gooseberry Springs Trail
Mt. Taylor is in the northwestern part of New Mexico, outside of Grants. It's the tallest mountain by far in that part of the state. There are two trails in the Mt. Taylor area Gooseberry…