Tag: Italy

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All Roads Lead to Florence

In Sarah Winman’s beautiful novel Still Life, all roads lead to Florence. For me too this week, since I could not bear for this book to end.

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Italy: Taking the Roads Less Travelled.

We loved our trip to Italy. But most of all we loved taking the roads less travelled. Away from the tourist hot spots and the crowds

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Travel Without Breaking the Bank

Now that we’re retired we find it easy to travel within our travel budget… and we don’t do “budget travel” either. Here’s how we do it.

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Italy: The View from My Couch

We’re back in Ottawa folks. And I’m still dreaming of and talking about Italy.

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Italy Prima Parte: Water, Water Everywhere

Despite the crowds and the flood (well, a small one) Venice was still wonderful.

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