Month: September 2012

Padua, Veneto, Italy, Monday, September 10, 2012 Breakfast is not included here so we sleep in today. We still arrive at The Basilica of St. Anthony at 0915, early enough to avoid the tour bus crowds. The Basilica was recognized as an international shrine by Pope John Paul II in 1993. The church was started […]

Padua, Veneto, Italy, Sunday, September 9, 2012 Our mile walk to the train station goes by fast. We board our train for Padova and it is packed. We walk through several cars but they are all full so we back up one car because it was a lot cooler with A/C going then the rest […]

Verona, Veneto, Italy, Saturday, September 8, 2012 Breakfast today is self serve, a small selection of meats, cheese, a torte which is very good, and coffee, hot chocolate, or juice. We slept in a little this morning although our bodies do not seem to want to let us to sleep late. Our adventure today starts […]

Verona, Veneto, Italy, Friday, September 7, 2012 Left Bergamo after a great day yesterday. Walked through the quiet town in the morning to the bus stop. First bus stops and I ask if it is going to the train station. He says no, so I ask when the bus comes that does and he gets […]

Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy, Thursday, September 6, 2012 We get up fairly early as we have a 0910 train to catch. It is hard to believe but there is no rain and not a cloud in sight when we look outside. We eat our breakfast and walk two blocks to catch the tram to the train […]

Milan, Lombardy, Italy Wednesday, September 5, 2012 It was raining lightly when we woke up but we are hopeful it will clear a little. Breakfast is the same as yesterday except there are scrambled eggs which we take advantage of. They are only luke warm but it is nice to have something different from the […]

Milan, Lombardy, Italy Monday, September 3, 2012 We get up and pack, then head down for breakfast right at 0800 when they open. The girl who serves seems a little upset as she is not ready. I think she is more upset at herself than at us. At first we thought maybe the hours were […]

Bellagio, Lombardy, Italy Sunday, September 2, 2012 It was a Grand Day. We saw the Grand Hotel Bellagio, Grand Hotel Tremezzo, Grand Hotel Caddanabia, Grand Hotel Mennagio, and the Grand Hotel Serbelloni. This was joined by my Grand Wife, Carol and her Grand Husband Charlie. Life was also Grand and the weather was Grand too. […]

Pescallo, Lombardy, Italy Saturday, September 1, 2012 It is raining when we get up. We hurry down to breakfast as we have to catch a train so time to eat is limited. Walking in a pretty heavy rain is never fun. We didn’t put on our rain pants so by the time we get to […]