Back Against the Wall – To Do List
Well, unbelievabley we leave on Thursday and mild panic is setting in. I need to pack. I need to contact [...]
Wow It’s Been a While
Yeah, I know, I'm a bad blogger but what with working and the kids...excuses, excuses. But now, since I've removed [...]
The Plan – Roma 2005
We arrive Friday morning around 7:45 to Fuimicino. This trip Max Leotta is picking us up and taking us to [...]
Campidoglio/Pantheon/Ghetto – Restaurants, Stores, Cafes and Bars
Some places not far from our hotel.
Trastevere – Restaurants, Stores, Cafes & Bars
Augusto Piazza dei Renzi 15, Phone: 5803798 Closing day: Sunday Checco er Carettiere Via Benedetta, 10, Phone: 06.581.7018 Taverna Piscinula [...]
FORA/MONTI/CELIO – Restaurants, Stores, Bars & Cafes
La Bottega del Cioccolato Via Leonina, 82 Rome 00184 Cavour +39 064821473 Nunc est Bibendum Via Celimontana 32, Phone: 06.77.20.1145 [...]
Vaticano – Restaurants, Stores, Cafes and Bars
Our dilema for the Vaticano area is lunch. We have a 1:45 reservation for the Scavi tour and must arrive [...]
Quirianale Restaurants, Stores, Cafes & Bars
Here's a list of restaurants, cafes and bars we may visit while exploring Quirinale. Our first restaurant choice is La [...]
Formation of a Plan
I've been reading Insight Guides Southern Italy at night before I go to sleep. How many people read travel guides before bed? [...]
The Muddled Mess
Masserias are a cross between agritourismos, hotels and even in some cases fancy spas. They started out as fortified farm houses/communities (over the last few hundred years, this area of Italy has been raided by all sorts of different groups over and over). People would live within the fortified walls of these structures and now they're being converted to inns, bed and breakfasts and even hotels depending upon the size.