Exploring the World with Friends

Exploring the World with Friends

Sitting outside at a restaurant in Florence yesterday, Rick and I noticed two laughing couples arrive and take seats close to us. Their jovial banter made us smile as we observed them from a distance. It can be so much fun to share life with others. To travel with...
Wander and Explore

Wander and Explore

One of the delightful aspects of our new life was to take the time to wander, observe, and explore. We are such “andiamo” people that we assumed that choosing moments to chill might be difficult. It wasn’t, however. We fell into the rhythms of the city and enjoyed...
Brunelleschi’s Road Map to Architectural Perfection

Brunelleschi’s Road Map to Architectural Perfection

I admit it. I’m not a map reader. That has been delegated to my built in genius wife, Carla, that I affectionately call Magellan. When we travel with Sue and Steve Lundgren, Steve and Carla always occupy the back seat of a rental and attempt to tell Sue and I where to...
Give ‘em the Middle Finger

Give ‘em the Middle Finger

Spend a longer day in Florence and the personal renaissance begins. This week, not one day, we breathed in Galileo. THUNDERBOLT AND LIGHTNING, VERY VERY FRIGHTENING ME. Freddie Mercury and Queen sang about him, but little did they know that Galileo was a bombastic,...