Last year Traveler Nell and I visited Europe starting in Rome. Before we had even left Lazio we had agreed that we had to return someday to the Eternal City. And so we are…only ten months later. Leading up to our return trip I am posting some of the things I love about Rome. Numero […]
Category: Grand European Tour
Sweet Rome, Italia: Parte Finale
Last year Traveler Nell and I visited Europe starting in Rome. Before we had even left Lazio we had agreed that we had to return someday to the Eternal City. And so we are…only ten months later. Leading up to our return trip I am posting some of the things I love about Rome. Numero […]
Double Decker Twice as Nice
Last year Traveler Nell and I took a Grand European Tour, visiting some of the great Capitals of the continent. You can read all about is in her excellent blog at Jenelle.net. I am posting a couple videos I took while there. This one is from when we rode around while in our last stop, […]
Grand European Tour: Day 02 – Ruins, Religion and Restaurants PART III
Good news everyone, I have again acquired access to upload photos. So let us resume where we left off. Below is a candid of Traveler Nell exhibiting her odd fascination with ticket machines. We headed across town to see the Galleria Borghese. The bus only took us so far. Someone lost Patience with Fortitude. A […]
Grand European Tour: Crummy News
Bad news folks, it looks like my hope of regular updates has been dashed. Something hinky is going on with both my iPad and iPhone that is preventing me from accessing wifi. As a result I am unable to upload any photos or text of any length. It is also preventing me from downloading the […]
Grand European Tour: Day 02 – Ruins, Religion and Restaurants PART II
Blogsy was a little “pitchy” yesterday. Hopefully tonight the photos will upload seemlessly. When last I wrote we were on our way to St. John Lateran’s Archbasilica. But visiting Rome is hungry work so once we arrived we stopped to eat at the nearest pizzeria, which turned out to be “King SNCC Di Ahmed H. […]
Grand European Tour: Day 02 – Ruins, Religion and Restaurants
Our second day in the ancient capital was action packed and activity filled. So after a nice “brekky” at Domus Australia we headed out full of lamingtons and Vegemite. Walking to the train we came across what appeared to be a sadly delapitated church so we decided to stick our heads in for a quick […]
Grand European Tour – Coincidences of the Cross
It was about a year and a half ago that Traveler Nell and I were married in a nuptial mass at my childhood parish of Church of the Holy Spirit in East Greenbush, NY. Above the altar at that church is a very distinctive crucifix, with a very Greek Orthodox feeling. Below is a more […]
GRAND EUROPEAN TOUR: Day 01 – Roma
After a relatively unpleasant flight, (except for the views like above – the Swiss Alp) the details of which I will leave to Traveler Nell to describe, we finally landed in Rome.
GRAND EUROPEAN TOUR – Day 00
On the road! Traveler Nell and me in the limousine to Idlewild Airport. After checking our luggage we stopped by Señor Valdez’s cafe for a quick beverage until we noticed… The incredibly long lines at security. Traveler Nell’s Qantas status means zero outside that small world, even in the bosom of the OneWorld Alliance. But […]