A Day in Pompeii
I don’t have many regrets in my life and I’m not one to pine over or dwell on missed opportunities,Continue Reading
Tag: Europe
Palm Sunday in Amalfi
Well, we didn’t ride in on a donkey and they didn’t greet us with palm fronds, though there were plentyContinue Reading
People Watching in Positano
After several weeks of intense Italian cities: the narrow carrugi of Genoa, the energy of Rome and the insanity ofContinue Reading
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
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
Return to Rome
A big city without skyscrapers, rather, its skyline dotted with domes. Domes whose bells call out the hours and whoseContinue 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
The Churches of Braga
Climbing the slight incline from the train station, the third largest city in Portugal is unremarkable at first until youContinue Reading
Cascais delivers, again
Last time we were in Portugal, we ended our two weeks in Cascais, a beach resort town at the endContinue Reading
Cervejaria Ramiro for lunch, Lisbon Portugal
The last time we were in Lisbon, we wanted to eat lunch at Cervejaria Ramiro and were talked into anContinue Reading
The Traveling Ridleys 