Cinque Terre: Five seaside villages linked by an ancient hiking path Let me get this straight. Coming to the Cinque Terre was never my idea. I'm putting this solely at my sister’s feet. A few years ago she told me...
Genoa, Italy: A book is born We enjoyed our leisurely pace in our overnight ferry from Split, Croatia to Ancona, Italy. But that pace was about to go into hyper-drive. We arrived...
Split, Croatia – a stroll into the past We arrived in Split, Croatia via high-speed catamaran from Korčula. We had a whole day before our overnight ferry to Italy, so we decided to visit...
Home Sweet Home You really get a sense of history in Italy when you realize that not only is the church where Marco Polo was buried still there -- so it his home...
Final resting place of Marco Polo It may not seem old for us today but Marco Polo who died in 1324 at the age of 70 would have been considered an old man. With my sister and I in our...