April 28th, 2019: From Marseille to Barcelona by train, then our first afternoon eating in and exploring the Park Güell area of Barcelona!!!
Tag: Europe
April 23rd, 2019: Rome’s Borghese Gallery, the Spanish Steps, the Trevi Fountain, the Pantheon and the Piazza Navona!!!
April 23rd, 2019: Rome’s Borghese Gallery, the Spanish Steps, the Trevi Fountain, the Pantheon and the Piazza Navonna!!!
April 22nd, 2019: The Roman Colosseum, Forum, Palatine Hill and the Piazza del Campidoglio!!!
April 22nd, 2019: The Roman Colosseum, Forum, Palatine Hill and the Piazza del Campidoglio!!!
April 20th, 2019: Into Tuscany on the “Winemaker’s Tour!!!”
We work up early this morning to make it to the Santa Maria Novella Train Station area to meet our guide and group for our Airbnb “experience”: the “Tuscan Winemaker’s Tour!” But first, we walked directly to the Santa Maria Novella basilica, which lay directly in front of the train station, to seem some amazing…
April 19th, 2019: Another morning in beautiful Florence – from the Galileo Museum to the Loggia dei Signoria!!!
April 19th, 2019: Another morning in beautiful Florence – from the Galileo Museum to the Loggia dei Signoria!!!
April 18th, 2019: Florence, Italy – from the Loggia del-Lanzi to the Galleria Accademia and Michelangelo’s David!!!
April 18th, 2019: Florence, Italy – from the Loggia del-Lanzi to the Galleria Accademia and Michelangelo’s David!!!
April 15th, 2019 – seconda parte: Our first full day of exploring Venice, Italy – part two – the afternoon, from the historic Caffé Florian all the way around the eastern island and back, to the spectacular Doge’s Palace !!!
After a leisurely lunch and time sketching over the noon hour at historic Caffè Florian – the oldest café in Europe, we decided to head east along the promenade of the Riva degli Schiavoni (bayside of the Venetian lagoon) toward the eastern tip of the Venetian islands, for a mile or so, observing fishermen, boats,…
April 13th and 14th, 2019: Taking the night train from Paris through Switzerland to Venice!
April 13th and 14th, 2019: Taking the night train from Paris through Switzerland to Venice!!!
April 11, 2019: Our first (awake) morning exploring marvelous Paris, France!!!
When we left the little hotel, Hotel Rue St. André des-Arts in the early morning, we immediately headed for I’lle de Cité and the fabulous Notre Dame de Paris in the early morning light of a brilliant spring day!
April 12, 2019: A trip into Normandy to visit Claude Monet’s home and gardens at Giverny
We took a mid-morning train from Paris’ hyper-busy Gare Saint-Lazare station, which took us deep into the Normandy region…
Silver Chariot 