Archive for October, 2003
Flying home
We awoke early, showered and ate breakfast. Aviva checked out while I showered. We packed the last things and caught a cab – me to the airport, Aviva hopefully to the train station to go on to Florence for a week. The ticket counter for KLM in Bologna is on the lower level to the […]
October 16th, 2003 by alephnaught
Bologna
We awoke, showered, got breakfast and a cab to the center of Bologna. As we walked, we found Aviva's street! We then walked to Museo Ebriaca, which is located on the edge of the old Jewish Ghetto; this is a Jewish history museum that was funded and started by the non-Jewish community in Bologna to […]
October 15th, 2003 by alephnaught
From Siena to Bologna
We woke slowly today. We got breakfast and got out – we decided to go to the Pinacoteca de Siena, the painting gallery in Siena. No pictures and no catalog, so there's not much for me to do but say that the art is very interesting. Sienese art is very gothic. We drove to Bologna […]
October 14th, 2003 by alephnaught
San Gimignano, Monteriggioni and Siena
We woke up very early and had a shower and breakfast. Aviva’s legs and my back are still sore – just too much walking on stone surfaces for our old bodies I suppose. The weather for our trip has been superb, as its been in the 70s and sunny every day. Diet Coke is called […]
October 13th, 2003 by alephnaught
Siena
We woke at 7A and ate breakfast and showered and planned our day. Aviva’s feet and legs hurt, and my lower back has started hurting, so we went slowly today. We started at the Duomo. This time we got to go inside, and we got lucky – the floors are decorated with inlaid patterns which […]
October 12th, 2003 by alephnaught
Siena
We woke at 7A. Breakfast was good – this hotel’s buffet includes eggs and Italian bacon, which is saltier and seasoned with pepper. I finished A History of Sparta, 950-192 B.C. this morning while Aviva showered; I’ve started Angels & Demons by Dan Brown. Along the walk from the hotel we found a sculpture of […]
October 11th, 2003 by alephnaught
From Arrezo to Siena
We awoke at 6A (I had control of the alarm clock today). We got breakfast and went out to see Arezzo. The hotel provided a small ma We walked down to the Duomo – there’s a Piero della Francesca fresco of the Madonna on the side wall. The museum was closed (the woman working the […]
October 10th, 2003 by alephnaught
From Assisi to Arrezo
Well, we slept through the alarm – Aviva turned it off, rolled over, and both of us fell fast asleep until after 7:30A today. We needed the sleep but today is a busy day – we intend to drive through Perugia (the chocolate capital of Italy – yes!) to Arrezo. The hotel brought our car […]
October 9th, 2003 by alephnaught
Assisi
We managed to get up, showered and to breakfast so we could be moving out at 9:30A (this is quite a trick for Aviva, she’s not a morning person). We stopped in Chiesa Nuova first – its right by our hotel room. Then we went shopping. While walking through the Piazza de Comune in the […]
October 8th, 2003 by alephnaught
From Roma to Assisi
We woke up to the alarm at 7A (Aviva didn’t sleep through the night but I made it most of the way). We ate, showered, checked out of the hotel and grabbed a cab to the rental agency. And we had another crazy ride right across Rome! We got to the car rental place and […]
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October 17th, 2003 by alephnaught