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Take a look at all of our travels so far!

2019

April 19 I Rome: Sleep, Phones, and Gelato
April 26 I Serra Sant’Abbondio – Walk, Eat, Drink, Walk, Eat, Drink, Sleep
April 29 I News Flash – Sono Serrano!
May 1 I La Strada per Modica (Sicilia)
May 8 I Tooling around Modica-Parte Uno
May 12 I Chiesi, Fiori, e Chocolate da Modica- Parte Due
May 13 I Valle dei Templi
May 15 I Castellammare del Golfo
May 21 I Palermo, Sicily—La Cultura, Una Fontana, e 200 Chiesi
May 21 I Sketches— Part 1
May 22 I Palermo, Sicily—Mercati, Cibo, e Bibite
May 23 I Palermo, Sicily—A Birthday, a Count’s Home, a Royal Palace, and Some Wanderings
May 24 I Brutto o Bello?
May 26 I All Roads Lead to Rome. But Sorrento first.
May 29 I Follow the Bouncing Blue Dot
May 31 I Sketches—Part 2
June 7 I Ricardo’s B Day!!!!
June 12 I Sketches—Part 3
June 13 I Lucca
June 15 I Intorno Lucca
June 19 I Sketches Part 4
June 20 I Circa Roma!
June 26 I Dubrovnik
June 30 I Split
July 4 I Plitvička jezera
July 6 I Zagreb, Croatia
July 7 I Ljubljana, Slovenia
July 8 I Sketches Part 5
July 14 I Horses and Trieste!
July 15 I Dolomiti
July 20 I Il Veneto e i Parenti
July 22 I Roma Ancora—Una visita corta
July 24 I Sketches Part 6
July 30 I Sketches Part 7
July 31 I Bologna
August 4 I Ferrara
August 8 I Padua
August 11 I Ravenna
August 14 I This Road Leads to Serra Sant’Abbondio
August 16 I Sketches Part 8
August 22 I Serra in estate—Part 1
August 29 I Serra in estate—Part 2
September 1 I Serra in estate—Part 3
September 1 I Sketches Part 9
September 3 I Serra in estate—Part 4
September 11 I Serra in estate—Part 5
September 18 I Palio della Rocca
September 26 I Perugia
September 27 I Excursions Outside of Perugia
September 28 I Sketches Part 10
September 30 I Macerata
October 2 I Pescara
October 4 I Napoli
October 9 I Pompeii
October 16 I On our way north to Rome . . . the Royal Palace of Caserta
October 18 I Rome and More Cousins in Tuscany
October 20 I Sketches—Part 11
October 22 I Observations
October 25 I Firenze (ISL)
October 29 I Venezia—Part 1
November 1 I Venezia—Part 2
November 3 I I Cugini del Veneto
November 5 I Vicenza—Palladio 101
November 7 I Mantova
November 9 I Spoleto
November 12 I Sketches—Part 12
November 13 I Roma—Ciao e Arrivederci!
December 3 I Home! Was this a Dream?

2022

August 27 I We’re Back!
August 30 I Roma!
September 3 I Off to the Races!
September 4 I Il Palio
September 10 I Serra Sant’Abbondio
September 12 I Sketches – Part 1
September 13 I Rambling Roma
September 14 I Parigi
September 17 I A Mouse, Other Cultural Delights, and Dinner with a Movie Star
September 21 I Pareeeeeee +
September 21 I Sketches – Part 2
September 24 I Don’t Look Left
September 24 I Silvia and Jonny
September 28 I Memories—New and Old
October 2 I Random Thoughts and London Walks
October 6 I Cheerio London
October 6 I Sketches – Part 3
October 7 I Pop Quiz!
October 9 I Sketches-Part 4
October 9 I Hola Barcelona!
October 13 I Sketches-Part 5
October 13 I Madrid—Museums,Tapas, and Vermut
October 19 I Ancora Roma, Cugini a Toscana, e Pistoia!
October 24 I Torino
October 26 I Sketches — Part 6
October 27 I Verona, Soave, and Lunch with a Movie Star
November 2 I I Cugini del Veneto, Treviso, and a Bit of Venice
November 5 I Orvieto
November 5 I Sketches — Part 7
November 8 I Anzio and Castrovillari
November 10 I Catania
November 11 I Uncle Rico – Sicily and Anzio WWII
November 12 I Ortigia/Ortygia
November 14 I Agrigento and the Valle dei Templi
November 14 I Scicli, Noto, a Roman Villa, and Modica
November 17 I Palermo a Domenico
November 23 I Piu Palermo e un po’ di Cefalù e Marsala
November 23 I Palermo—Sights and Sounds
November 26 I Castelbuono e Gangi
November 29 I La Strada a Roma, ma Prima Paestum
November 29 I Sketches — Part 8
December 2 I Travel Tips
December 6 I Ciao e Arrivederci Roma
December 6 I Sketches – Part 9
December 13 I It’s a Wrap

2023

February 27 I Down Under Again!
February 28 I Fishing the South Island—Part One
March 2 I Invercargill
March 6 I Gore and Twizel
March 9 I Fishing the South Island – Part Two
March 13 I Christchurch
March 19 I Lake Brunner and Punakaiki
March 23 I Nelson
March 24 I Fishing the South Island—Part Three
March 26 I Wellington—North Island
March 28 I Greytown and Martinborough
March 30 I Palmerston North
April 3 I Tongariro Lodge
April 8 I Fishing the North Island – Tongariro Lodge and Taupō
April 10 I Notes to Self on Fishing in New Zealand
April 11 I Eight Days of the Phoenix aka Our Stay in Taupō
April 15 I Tauranga and a Trip to the Shire
April 18 I Whangārei and Returning Home
April 24 I Reflections on New Zealand
August 30 I On the Road Again!
September 2 I Banff and Canmore, Canada
September 6 I Jasper
September 8 I Montana Here We Come!
September 13 I Fishing the Madison River!
September 15 I Heading Home
October 15 I Jane’s Grand-Pré, Nova Scotia

2024

March 26 I Benvenuti a Roma!
March 28 I Gubbio
March 28 I Celebrating Bonnie’s Italian Citizenship with Mayor Ludovico
March 31 I Pasqua a Serra Sant’Abbondio
April 2 I Serra Sant’Abbondio
April 2 I Come Era Una Volta—Serra Sant’Abbondio a 1962
April 5 I Modena
April 6 I Milano—Parte Uno
April 10 I Milano-Parte Due
April 13 I Milano—Parte Tre
April 16 I Sketches-Prima
April 17 I Venezia
April 22 I Oderzo—I Cugini Marchesin
April 23 I Pianzano a 1962—Come Era Una Volta
April 29 I Siena—Part One (of Many More to Come)
May 1 I Bonnie’s History of Siena
May 2 I Sketches—Secondo
May 4 I Siena—Part Two (and Beyond)
May 9 I Siena—Part Three (Flags and More)
May 15 I Siena—Part Four (con Ricardo!)
May 19 I Sketches—Terzo
May 20 I Siena—Part Five (Out and About)
May 24 I More Cousins!—Gabriella and Dinesh
May 29 I This Road Leads to Rome
May 30 I Roma a 1962–Come Era Una Volta
June 1 I Palermo One—Roaming
June 2 I Palermo Two—Touring with Domenico!
June 3 I Palermo Three—Richard’s Birthday Cocktails, Dinners, and Lunch!
June 12 I Music
June 13 I Sketches-Quattro
June 14 I Copenhagen, Denmark (and a Bit of Sweden)
October 3 I On the Road Again