Today was a bit sad for us— we saw our good friends Brian and Geraldine off on the water-taxi to the Venice airport, for their return trip to Ireland. We enjoyed a glorious trip to Florence together, followed by a weeks of enjoyable meals and outings together, between our work sessions. We can’t complain! We noticed something a
We hope our friends and fans had a Happy Mother’s Day! The Pope was in Venice and nearby Mestre on Saturday and Sunday of this weekend. (See the photo of the banner hanging from the bridge in Venice.) Much of the town slowed to a crawl as a result of the many security forces and checkpoints. We
Penny and I have been in Italy since Thursday 4/28— which seems hard for us to believe. Since then, we had the good fortune of spending three days in Florence (or Fiorenza), with our good Irish friends Brian and Geraldine in tow (photos below). Unlike our previous Venice trips, we’re actually allowing ourselves a little
