Venice 2018: First ride down the Grand Canal
Just down the steps from the train station are multiple water bus stations from where you can catch a boat ride to various places in…
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Just down the steps from the train station are multiple water bus stations from where you can catch a boat ride to various places in…
Continue reading → Venice 2018: First ride down the Grand Canal
Traveling abroad isn’t cheap. As part of preparations for my potential return trip to Japan and Korea this year I’ve been saving up money and…
From Siena my parents and I took a bus through the rainy Tuscan hill country back to Florence and there we boarded a train headed…
We had a little bit of time before leaving Siena so we did one last walk around the historic core of the city. The rain…
I’ve been steadily giving more thought to my possible return trip to Japan and Korea but as I’ve mentioned in earlier posts there’s a fair…
Once again the calendar rolls over to a new month and once again I’ve updated the header image on this website. For the month of…
The next morning we packed our bags and then went out for breakfast at a nearby pastry shop called Nannini. I don’t remember what the…
Continue reading → Siena 2018: Breakfast Pastries at Nannini
For dinner that night we were having a little trouble deciding where to go. If the weather had been better we might have splurged on…
Continue reading → Siena 2018: Dinner at Antica Trattoria Papei
I’ve been thinking more and more about my potential return trip to Japan and South Korea and recently I brainstormed what I call the Dream…
As part of your entry into the Siena Cathedral Museum you can step out onto the unfinished new front facade of the church, called the…