Recent Posts Tagged With 'travel'

• Last day in Italy

  Posted on Thursday June 4th, 2009 at 18:44 in travel, italy, venice

  Our last day was in Venice and it was a gorgeous clear warm day with crystal blue skies. We woke up early, like we had been all week, as not to waste too much time sleeping. We boarded the vaparetto and headed down to the Rialto market.The Pescaria (...

• Venice - It's called La Serenissima, "the most serene,"

  Posted on Wednesday June 3rd, 2009 at 09:00 in travel, italy, venice

  The Grand CanalAfter breakfast, we had one last walk around the Duomo area before departing from Florence. The train ride took three hours to Venice (ah, Venice) and it was pleasant and comfortable.Basilica di S Maria della Salute from Grand Cana...

• Duomo and Tuscany

  Posted on Tuesday June 2nd, 2009 at 21:26 in travel, italy, Wine, tuscany, florence, duomo

  We woke up early to climb 463 steps to the top of the Duomo before it got too hot or crowded. This distinctive feature of Florence’s skyline is the fifth largest church in the world. The climb offers views of the Renaissance city through narrow st...

• Firenze

  Posted on Sunday May 31st, 2009 at 16:38 in travel, italy, florence

  We caught the train out of Roma Termini, the main train station of Rome, to Florence which was only about an hour and forty minutes on a high speed rail. Located on the Arno River in Tuscany, Florence (Firenze in Italian) is the birthplace of the Ita...

• Back from Italy....

  Posted on Friday May 29th, 2009 at 22:36 in travel, italy, rome, vatican, vatican city, piazza san pietro, basilica di san pietro; st. peter's basilica

  Wow, what a trip! I had some vacation I had to use, so we got a last minute deal to Italy. It was amazing! So much to see and do it was overwhelming, but we crammed as much as we could into each day rising at 6 am and not returning to the hotel until...

• Happy Caturday

  Posted on Saturday May 23rd, 2009 at 23:27 in travel, vacation

  I am out of town on an exciting last minute trip. I'll be back soon with some good photos of a faraway land....

• Viva Las Vegas!

  Posted on Sunday April 12th, 2009 at 17:36 in travel, las vegas, rockabilly

  We went to see a couple of surf bands play in Vegas this weekend. It was the 12th annual Rockabilly (1950s) weekend. Rockabilly is a full-blown counter-culture movement centered on music, style, motorcycles, tattoos, vintage model cars, and lots of v...

• Mammoth Trip

  Posted on Friday January 16th, 2009 at 15:53 in travel, snowboarding, mammoth

  We just got back from a few days snowboarding in Mammouth. The weather was beautiful, sunny and in the fifties. Perfect spring conditions.View of the main lodge from the Gondola:This is me:Chad and I with the "Mammoth"Me again, Day2:My favorite part ...