Travel Blog
June 8 – 14 On Saturday, June 8th, we took a cab to the Rome/Fiumicino airport. We had met the cab driver the night before at the Spanish Steps. He lived up to his word and was on time to pick us up for our early morning flight. We arrived at the airport early, had…
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June 4 – 7 We left Firenze by train, heading for Roma. The train took 45 minutes longer than expected due to heavy train traffic on the lines. Ed scheduled an Uber van to pick us up from the Roma Termini train station which made it easy. We got settled in our rooms and walked…
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June 1 – 3 We had our last delicious breakfast at Il Pirata in Vernazza before boarding the train to Firenze. There were two train changes, one in La Spezia and one in Pisa, but it went smoothly. Our hotel in Firenze, Il Bargellino was a short walk from the Santa Maria Novella train station. …
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May 31 From Vernazza, we took a day trip to Pisa, by train. We changed trains in La Spezia, and it took about 1.5 hours one-way. It was a 20 minute walk from the train station to the Field of Miracles. We had a delicious lunch at a local restaurant a couple of blocks away.…
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May 28 – 31 On Tuesday, May 28th, we woke up early and took the train from Milano-Centrale to Vernazza, with a brief stop to change trains in Levanto. We were once again renting from Anna Maria. Upon arrival in Vernazza, we walked uphill to our rooms with our luggage, then helped Ed and Betty…
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May 27 We woke up at 5:45am, had a continental breakfast at the hotel, then walked to the train station for a day trip to the town of Varenna on Lake Como. Lake Como was one hour away by train. Our train tickets also included the water taxi at Lake Como, which helped us avoid…
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May 24th – May 27th Chris picked us up at our house at noon on May 24th. The freeway was crowded with Memorial Day traffic, but we made it to the airport a little after 1 PM. We met Dan and Ann there, who had taken the light rail and proceeded to wait for the…
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After six weeks on the road, March 18 – April 27, it felt good to be back in Washington, and back home. We had some amazing adventures, overcame some challenges but overall felt blessed by the opportunity to have those experiences and make some new memories. The big highlights were visiting Melissa and her family,…
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Like we did three years ago on our first cross-country trek, we spent our last night at Anelare Winery in Benton City, WA, near Tri-cities. Last time we had the T@b Trailer and parked up above. This time we chose to park down below. Still an amazing view! Also, the last time we were here,…
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On our way to Scotch Pines Golf Course we decided to stop at Jiffy Lube and get another oil change, on top of the one we had four days and 1,000+ miles ago. Bernie recommended it as cheap insurance given the knocking we’ve had coming from our engine. We didn’t see any metal shavings in…
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