Monthly Archives: October 2011

Storms, Recuperating, and Medieval Bologna in Black and White

Bologna stone roses

This morning I woke to shrieking wind and quivering window frames as a humdinger of a storm blew in to Bologna, Italy. I pulled back my curtains and opened the windows in time to hear thunderous booms and see bursts of lightning as the skies opened and pelted the thirsty ground with much needed rain....

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Rest and Treasures in the Woods

wild Cyclamen

As I walked through the woods in Italy with my friend Maddalena, I could hardly believe my eyes at the thousands of wild Cyclamen carpeting the forest floor. I loved their delicate blossoms pushing up through layers of sharp pine needles, looking so cheery and sprightly against the sea of brown leaves. They are my...

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A Gorgeous Italian Breakfast

toast with jam

There are moments in travel that give me such pangs of happiness and contentment that it almost hurts. This morning was one of those times. A treasured snippet of tranquility found in a sun-dappled Italian country garden where I lingered long over breakfast with a dear friend. I met Maddalena online one day when she...

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A Train Ride through the Italian Alps, Part 1

Italian train

Brilliant blue skies and blazing sunshine greeted me and my friends Margo, Katy, Kathy, and Kate as we boarded the train in Domodossola, Italy bound for Switzerland. I confess I felt quite giddy about our adventure. As a little girl I read about train travel in Europe and my youthful imagination flourished with dreams of...

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