Our life & adventures
*Arrived, Sorrento on August 14th and Departed, on August 17th A fast train, a slow train, a late train and an uncomfortable train; finally we were standing in Sorrento trying to figure out in which direction town was and how best to get there. Every train or bus station should have one of those maps […]
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*Arrived, Rome on August 10th and Departed, Naples on August 14th Chris has been looking forward to Rome since the trip started. He’s fascinated by the old Roman Empire, how they were able to have so much power, rule so much of the world, and then lose it…plus Gladiator is his favorite movie. We arrived […]
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*Arrived, August 7th via Pisa and Departed, August 10th from Florence We were quite sad to leave Cinque Terre, she certainly captivated us with her beauty and charm! Next on our tour of Italy was Florence, but we had to transfer trains in Pisa, so we took the opportunity while we were there to check […]
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Arrived, July 29th in Milan and Departed, August 7th from Cinque Terre As the last selfless act in a campaign to be the best hosts ever, Andrey and Tanya drove us to the airport at 1:00am in the morning to see us off to Milan. We really cannot thank them enough for everything they did […]
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Arrived, July 20th and Departed, July 22nd As many of you know, Val was born in Ukraine and while most of her immediate and extended family lives in the U.S., she also has some family that live in Bochum, Germany: her grandfather’s sister, Lara and her husband, Victor, along with their son Andrey, and his […]
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Arrived, July 17th and Departed, July 20th We arrived in Berlin and our first thought was that their central train station is the nicest we’ve ever seen. It’s huge and super modern looking with lots of restaurants and stores inside. Grand Central and Penn station look small and ancient in comparison. We arrived in […]
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Oh So Ready 