Switzerland was a hard call for us. We really wanted to include it in our itinerary but all of the research we did indicated that it would be a very, very expensive leg of the journey. This was not a two week holiday for us – this was a dream of being able to travel…
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Last Tastes of Austria (literally)
Today is our last day in Vienna. We always try to take a mid- morning train to our next destination but it was fully booked so we booked seats on the 7:46 train tomorrow. We have to be up and at it early, which means laundry and packing tonight – so we got out and…
Vienna and Happy Birthday Jim
Next stop is the city of Vienna. It was a full day on the train so by the time we arrived, bought some supplies and settled in to our little (but cute)Airbnb, our day was done. The adventure won’t start till tomorrow, Jim’s birthday! It’s cold here. Not only cold for us after the warm…
The Hack’s off to Austria – Land of Great Grandpa Hack
We spent our last Venice Day seeing a few sites we had missed – The Rialto Bridge and the Grand Canal beyond St. Mark’s Square. We took the Water bus, got a great outside seat and let it be our very cheap tour guide for awhile. Venice really is a beautiful and such a unique…
Venice – Last day with Heather and Brad
Heather and Brad fly back to Regina tomorrow. It’s been so great to have them here. We are going to spend the day getting to know Venice together. I had booked a walking tour with Federico months ago. He would meet us in St Mark’s Square at 9 am and teach us about Venice. It…
Discovering Venice
No new cases of the stomach flu and everybody feeling ready and raring to go Yeah!!! Fingers crossed that holds. We checked out of the Airbnb in Florence and went for a last breakfast at a little cafe down the street we enjoyed. We walked to have a last gander at the Duomo and then…
And Four to Florence! Oh-no Three! Yeah Four!
Time to pack up and head to Italian City 2 in our Helgason/Hack travels. I’m upright again and good to go to Termini and get on the train. In 2 hours we will be in Florence in a new Airbnb with many wonderful things to see. We have loved the train in Europe (well all…
Three to the Vatican!
What crap luck this morning. We are in Rome! Rome! Blessed with children that have come to Rome to be with us and explore the city – a once in a lifetime happy happy occurrence and I get the stomach flu!! Or food poisoning!! Or Covid!! Or whatever the hell this is!!! I am destined…
Rome and Family! Yeah!
We headed back into Naples today -NOT on the infamous Circumvesuviana train. We actually met a couple last night that were heading back to Naples to fly back to the US and they had booked a town car – they invited us to go halves and join them and we did. Perfect. We had an…
The Amalfi Coast
Seeing the Amalfi Coast has been on our “want to see” list for quite awhile. We decided to add it to our itinerary before we headed to Rome. The Amalfi Coast landscape is breathtaking and we zeroed in on visiting Positano, Amalfi, and Ravello and making Sorrento/SanAgnello our home base. We knew we didn’t want…