12Aug2011
Although the Amsterdam/Italy trip was back in April, I still have to finish adding the photos to the blog. Enjoy what is here so far and I hope to get the rest posted over the next couple of weeks. During this time, the structure could change a bit as I try to reorganize different road trips in an easier to follow manner.
Please note: this is in blog format in reverse chronoligical order (with the most recent entry at the top of the page.) Please scroll down to find Day 1 then scroll up to read the more recent days. The main Road Trips page just shows a 2-line summary of each day’s article, so be sure to use “Click to read more…” at the end of each summary or just click on the title of the article to see the full page.
Thursday, May 19, 2011 at 3:21PM
The flight back to Vancouver gives me no shortage of time to look back on our trip, review the highs and not-so-highs, and avoid doing work things that have been piling up in my absence.
Thursday, April 28, 2011 at 10:30PM
We’ve ended the trip, aside from the adventure of getting back home, with the Vatican Museum, Sistine Chapel, St. Peter’s Basillica, and two gelato stops. Some things far exceeded expectations for some of us, other things were a bit disappointing to some, but we all agreed on the gelato!
Wednesday, April 27, 2011 at 7:47PM
On our second to last day we visited the Forum, Palatine Hill, the Colosseum, the Synagogue and whatever happened to be in between. We explored new taste sensations and are reading up on the Vatican in preparation for tomorrow.
Tuesday, April 26, 2011 at 10:50PM
We broke all the rules tonight. We could stop ourselves from exploring too much of Rome in just a few hours. The day started smoothly with no train problems coming from Siena where we were exploring this morning. What a day!
Monday, April 25, 2011 at 9:30PM
A day that started slow got even slower (Daniel’s words). We started in Monterosso al Mare, hung out on the beach, then had two very tight train connections, and sat in a broken-down train 10 km outside of Siena for 90 minutes before being rescued. We then wandered aimlessly around Siena in search of the Alma Domus convent hotel, found it (at last), and had one of the best meals of our trip.
