Author: Renee

On our way to Zagreb woo hoo.  Up early again. The only bad thing about the one night stays is to have to wake up early to catch a train or a bus. We...

Today we drove from Lago di Braies to Trieste, Italy in a steady rain through the mountains until we reached the auto strata for about the last 60 minutes. By this time, it was...

We had to part ways with Patrizia Monday morning. Her kindness continued and she not only drove us to the train station, she waited for the train to arrive for an hour. I think...

Saturday was action packed with Vicenza and Padua.  We started our day with Patrizia, Enrico and Alice (the 6 year old daughter of Cinzia and Giuseppe).  Vincenza was way more laid back than Verona...

Mestrino is a comune in the Province of Padua in the Italian region Veneto. It is the home of Patrizia and Cincenzia, the two daughters of Tosca and Nicola from San Pier Patti, Messina,...

Wowsa did we make a train comeback. We were calm. We actually looked at the status on the app. So, you can teach old people new tricks. Honestly Roma is a beast. Again, I...

Firenze here we come!!! We spent two days in Florence.  We arrived early thankfully bc we almost missed our train not bc of being late but bc of stupidity and panic. Long story not...

Saturday: Thank goodness we are now calm. Well I should say that I have calmed down lol. We completed our Holy Door mission walking through the final two Holy Doors of Roma. The Basilicas...