Dubrovnik continues to charm us. What was once a quiet, off the radar, destination, or so fellow blogger Lynnette of “In the Net! – Pictures and Stories of Life” tells me, is now a busy destination thanks to the filming location of The Game of Thrones. Still we cannot get over the magic of the…
Dubrovnik, should be on your bucket list
We are in Dubrovnik. OK, so let me confess to some things before we go on. In general, when Tricia asks me about places I want to travel to I usually don’t have much input. So it seems that I am lukewarm to her suggestions. The reality is that I don’t have a bucket list…
Milan to Amsterdam to Split, oh my
When we started planning this trip many months ago it was pretty simple – Tuscany/Umbria then Croatia. Like some Bill passing through Congress we added a bunch of addendums along the way. All of our trips start with a two hour train ride to Paris, then an airplane or more trains from there. Since all…
Merging this blog
After a few minutes of deep reflection and analysis I have concluded that it makes sense to merge Been There Eating This in to theTravelsketcher blog. The Travelsketcher travels, eats, and sketches, so why not include all together. So if you follow this blog but not http://www.peninkandpaint.com I hope you will start following it. I…
This week in Umbria and Tuscany
We finish up the Italy portion of our journey this week. We are in Siena today, tomorrow we drive to the airport in Milan, spend the night then have an early flight on Saturday for Amsterdam. What a crazy ride. We loved Umbria. I remember when we were planning this I thought only of Tuscany,…