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…
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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,…
Michelin, more than tires
Yesterday we returned to Assisi to visit the Basilica of St. Francis. The weather had changed from sunny Sunday to Normandie rain. We parked at the end of the city near the Basilica, which we discovered was the end with few restaurants. Lunch being a higher priority at the moment, we searched for food. We…
We are off tomorrow
We have been home for just a month, tomorrow we head out for a seven week excursion. My art-toolkit.com pallets are freshly topped off – the standard size one with watercolor, the mini with gouache. Just three months ago we were in the PNW, now we are Italy and Croatia with stops along the way….
Horses and food in Peñiscola
We are back in wet Normandie, thankfully, the cold snap we escaped a few weeks ago is over and temps are in the 50sF (10sC), so, other than the rain, it is feeling a bit like spring – Snowdrop flowers have even come up. In some cultures February is considered the first month of Spring,…
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