Blogging From Italy

[jan]

Ciao amici.
I am in Italy now and will be blogging daily. Feel free to follow along. It is totally non monetized.
Here's the first day:

And So It Begins…

We left Tallahassee with the sunrise on I-10. We had a wonderful short visit with our sister and BIL in Deerfield before heading to return our rental car at Miami International. Air France was havi…

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[Pauline]

Thanks for posting the link! I will follow along.

 

[milgreen2]

I love following your travels, Jan! we have looked at Orto San Giulio in the past -- the travel auction site Luxury Link used to sometimes have great offers to stay there, and it looks so lovely.

 

[susan]

Yay!! Excited to travel with you virtually again.

 

[Pauline]

I will try to remember to post the daily links so we don’t forget to keep reading.

March 23 - Walking Around

Walking around

Church bells, long and loud woke us at 7:15 and I was glad because it was market day here. The morning light on our lovely island view did not disappoint: Isola di San Giulio We went downstairs int…

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March 24 - Sacro Monte/Sacred Mountain

Sacro Monte/Sacred Mountain

Another beautiful day weather wise. After grabbing coffee we took off on foot for the Unesco Heritage site right here in the middle of Orta San Giulio. Winding up the path (my legs are getting stro…

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[jlf1]

I have never read your blog before but am now hooked. Subscibed and reading some of your 2019 entries. Very entertaining.

Judy

 

[Pauline]

Heading into the Piedmont.

Hitting the Road

Our friendly host, Stefano of ortaflats.com, helped us with our luggage on the uphill walk to the garage where we found our car. It seems a little less humongous and formidable to me now. It’…

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A very Full Day

The morning view was clear to the snow capped Alps, The Maritime Alps, to our west, and they are stunning! They form the border between Italy and France. We took off for the 20 minute drive to the …

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[joe]

Heading into the Piedmont.

A very Full Day

The morning view was clear to the snow capped Alps, The Maritime Alps, to our west, and they are stunning! They form the border between Italy and France. We took off for the 20 minute drive to the …

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That ANT restaurant seems to be quite an experience!

I'd go for the uniqueness and tastes ( the smile on my wife's face would be worth it) - but unfortunately not really suitable for vegetarians, as the menu is pretty much unchangeable and undisclosed (part of the fun). This is what they write :

"SOME ALLERGIES MAY BE ACCOMMODATED, HOWEVER, IN GENERAL, WE ARE NOT A SUITABLE RESTAURANT FOR VEGANS OR VEGETARIANS. OUR MENU CHANGES EVERY OFTEN, SO PLEASE CHECK WITH US BEFORE BOOKING AS WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SERVE YOU A FULL MENU IF OMISSIONS ARE THE ONLY OPTION FOR US. FOR QUESTIONS AROUND DIETARY RESTRICTIONS, WE ASK THAT YOU CONTACT US TO DISCUSS YOUR BOOKING. WE WILL CONFIRM WHAT ACCOMMODATIONS CAN BE MADE WITH OUR CURRENT MENU."

 

[PokeyMindy]

Ciao amici.
I am in Italy now and will be blogging daily. Feel free to follow along. It is totally non monetized.
Here's the first day:

And So It Begins…

We left Tallahassee with the sunrise on I-10. We had a wonderful short visit with our sister and BIL in Deerfield before heading to return our rental car at Miami International. Air France was havi…

keepyourfeetinthestreet.com

You know how much I love following along with your blog! Great of you to post here as well. You and Ken have the most amazing destinations and experiences. How I'd love to be with you in person but this will have to do. xoxo Pokey

 

[artnbarb]

Wonderful that you're traveling, and I'm loving your posts!

 

[Pauline]

I got behind! Catching up now.

Novello

We slept really late after staying out so long at the restaurant plus we changed to Day Light Savings time and sprang forward another hour. Anyway, we were lazy and just relaxed the whole mor…

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Our First Bad Meal

We woke up to this stunning view of the mountains, pink with the sunrise light. Off we go to Milano. The drive was easy, just about 2 hours. Took a cab to the Navigli, a district based around a sy…

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Leonardo Day

We started the morning with a nice walk to the Museum of Science and Technology featuring works by Leonardo da Vinci. The place is huge and we didn’t see anywhere near all of it. The first ro…

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Logistics

We got up early to give ourselves plenty of time. Our plan was to get a cab at the Porta Genova Station nearby to get to the big Milano Centrale. There were no cabs at the station and another wom…

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Buon Giorno, Udine

I love how when you first get to a town it seems big and everything is far away. As you become more familiar, the town seems to shrink around you. That’s what’s starting to happen here …

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Prosciutto di San Daniele

We awoke to a gloomy day, but were excited to be going on a little food tour of San Daniele. Our guide, Alessandra, picked us up and we drove northwest of Udine to the Prosciuttoficio/factory, Baga…

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In Town

The sun was shining! What a difference beautiful weather makes! All over town there were people, walking, sitting in the sun or sitting outside at a bar, having coffee. We strolled for a while, …

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Cividale del Friuli

The trains run once an hour and we caught the 10:33 for the less than 30 minute ride to Cividale, just east of Udine. We strolled into town, stopping for coffee at a friendly bar. We saw this stree…

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There, caught up! I’m not sure why I am posting links to each day. Not really necessary. And this should probably be in the trip reports forum.

 

[devarae]

I'm really enjoying your posts! Thank you for sharing!