We took the train to italy from frankfurt, but had to change in Basel, so figured I’d drop in on my friend Andrew. We hadn’t seen each other in 15 years, since the last time I was in Berlin, 1993. We didn’t end up seeing much of Basel, but we had fun with Anrew, Andrea […]
This trip to italy starts on singapore air from jfk to fra, though bella had just arrived on aeroflot from her 10-day black sea trip with her dad. Two atlantic crossings in one day for her!
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Posted 28 July 2008
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Tonight we had our wine tasting class at La Corte dei vini. three very different white wines, and two excellent “little brother” tuscans, and we learned what the marketing term “super tuscan” means. this was our final bottle. Inviato dal mio telefono
Vienna was fun! We got there, exhausted after 4 flights that started for me om Friday at 6 am from Vermot, to LGA, to ORD, to FRA, where we arrived an hour late at 6 am Saturday, then spent the morning wandering around, eating frankfurters and visiting the market, the cathedral and the female impressionists […]
Can it be?? And soooo close too! The World’s Best Chocolate
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Posted 01 May 2008
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Finally found a pretty good restaurant in Rome tonight! The hotel clerk said via Travestere was the place, but we didn’t make it that far. Instead we stopped at this place in Piazza Venezia. It probably helped that we were pretty hungry, having only had truffle finger sandwiches all day. The food wasn’t amazing, but […]
Bella and I gave patricia the 2-hour firenze tour: hertz office to train station, to duomo, to ponte vecchio, to santo spirito and the truffle sandwich shop. I hadn’t been in Santo Spirito before, and we were particularly impressed by this painting: