We started our last day by getting in an hour-long line to visit the Catacombs. (Sidenote: while we waited in line, I had to go to the bathroom (surprise, surprise), so I used one of their street toilets. This was a space age system! The whole thing, ceiling to floor, […]
Our TomTom took us on beautiful back roads since we were trying to skip tolls (7,80 euro for a tunnel and 11,80 euro for the freeway the day before!) We went through a number of quiet, country towns before BAM, Paris traffic. We ended up in almost stopped traffic for […]
As you can see from my note above, I was in love with the French countryside. It’s so beautiful & quaint. The food! Oh the food! I have never had bread so good. But to get back to where I left off, our flight from Venice to Basel was uneventful, […]
Upon arrival in Venice, we wrestled with the throngs of people to get water bus tickets and finally boarded about 40 minutes later. Once we got to our stop, we didn’t have too much trouble finding our apartment. We only asked three people, which, in Venice, seemed pretty good. A […]
After breaking through the language barrier and buying train tickets to Florence, we were off to the next town. The ride was quick, but we were in a set of seats with a girl playing her iPod for all to hear. She had headphones in, but the thing was on […]
Looking for #therealgoodlife one chocolate bar at a time.