Early April on Isola d’Ischia
After a bumpy, windy and rainy ferry ride across from Napoli, we arrived on the Isola of Ischia for aContinue Reading
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Naples: Gritty, Dirty, Loud and Lovely
When you arrive at the Napoli Centrale train station, you are immediately taken aback: grit, trash, homelessness, graffiti. It isContinue Reading
Sunday in Frascati
To beat the crowds of Rome for a few hours on a Sunday where they were running the Rome MarathonContinue Reading
Return to Rome
A big city without skyscrapers, rather, its skyline dotted with domes. Domes whose bells call out the hours and whoseContinue Reading
You Say Genoa, I Say Genova; our first stop in Liguria
As we crossed over from France into Italy and switched trains just past the border we were treated to aContinue Reading
Lunch and Vino in Portofino
Not thinking we’d like Genoa as much as we actually did (it being a port city and all and we’dContinue Reading
Lê Côte d’Azur in Grey, Mid-March
We started our eastward trek along the Cote D’Azur in Marseille. Our hotel overlooked the port full of fishing boatsContinue Reading
Following in the Footsteps of Cezanne in Aix-en-Provence
When we last came to Aix-en-Provence many years ago one of us was sick and so, after a quick dinnerContinue Reading
Poking Around Provence
From Avignon, we drove south along the banks of the Rhône to Arles. Van Gogh left his mark, and hisContinue Reading
Once Home to the Popes: Avignon
On our southeast tour of France we trained directly south along the banks of the Rhône from Lyon to Avignon.Continue Reading
The Traveling Ridleys 