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Okay, no more Italian. Anne and I have another night here in Trogir, and so I am going to see if I can’t begin a blog post of our 60th birthday reunion ebike cruise on Islandhopping.com or islenhupfen.com, a German … Continue reading →

This morning I am blogging to distract myself from travel anxiety. We soon drive to Chiusi, return rental car, catch train to Rome, then another train to the airport, and then I make a tight flight. I have prayed to … Continue reading →

This afternoon was so much fun. Sandra and I drove in the car with Judy, a woman from Australia who speaks Italian beautifully, and Barbara, the young woman in my intermediate class who studies Italian at Yale. It’s great for … Continue reading →

Sandra and Kurt had read about and tried to find the VinSanto Trail two years ago. We asked Maria, our hostess, about it, and she kindly offered to hike it with us. What we didn’t know us that we would … Continue reading →

We are having a weekend adventure. After class yesterday we took a bus to Chiusi to rent a car for the week. School was getting out, and the station was full of teenagers. We felt like the field trip chaperones, … Continue reading →

Too tired for text. We had a great hike to Montefollonico.

Dare all luce un bambino means to have a baby. The literal translation: to give the light to a baby. Che bello! Last night we celebrated Sandra’s compleanno (Birthday) at Osteria del Borgo with delicious food and a great view. … Continue reading →

We’re here, moved into our commodious apartment and have completed our first two days of classes. Not sleeping well and feeling spacey, but at least I’m in the intermediate class with two German women (tedesche) and an 18-year-old who goes … Continue reading →

Yesterday we tried twice to reach someone to give us a private tour of the chapel made out of the room where St. Francis slept in San Francesco a Ripa near our apartment. We rang a bell and were shushed … Continue reading →