All About The FoodBreakfast sweets baked by Isabella at the agritourismoFor the first few days of our trip, Betsy and I had been joking that we were under a food curse. We had some seriously bad food in Venice, and it was hit and miss after we first started the walking holiday around Lake Maggiore. … Continue reading Italy Walk Day 3 →

Beautiful Palace, Great Food, Good WalkSo yesterday we left our lovely accommodations on Isola Superiore (also known as Isola Pescatori) with our room overlooking Lake Maggiore. We opted out of the very steep walk up Mattarone to Gignese, taking the cable car instead and the four-mile walk from Alpina to our Agritourisma outside Gignese. But … Continue reading Italy Walk: Day 2 →

We walked a little more than eight miles on a variety of surfaces ranging from cobblestones, to just plain stones, to dirt to asphalt. The ascents were tough and so were the descents when made on stony paths. But we knew there would be challenges when we chose a walk at the base of the … Continue reading Walk: Day 1 →

View from our hotel porch onto Lake MaggioreWe are now in the Italian Lake Country and today our walking holiday begins. There's a 50 percent chance of rain, but we're not going to let that bother us. We've been looking at the weather for weeks and knew that our time here was likely to be … Continue reading Italian Lake Country →

Thanks Venice!We have loved our stay in Venice. And our hotel, Al Ponte Antica, is so wonderful. The view from our room is truly everything. Sitting here last night watching the boats go by and listening to the sounds of the tourists and musicians on the Rialto Bridge...it has just been magical.These scenes are happening … Continue reading Venice Is Amazing: Time To Go →

VeniceThe view from the window of our room.We arrived in Venice around 10 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 24 and what an arrival it was. We took a private water taxi into the city. Kicking it off with a boat ride definitely helped shake the jet lag.The red awning is our hotel. The water taxi took us … Continue reading Italy 2019: The Journey Begins →