Category Archives: Italy

From Disaster to Surprise in Siena

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Caroline

It started with the words you never want to hear: “I’m sorry but we seem to have overbooked. We don’t have a room for you.” I was traveling by train through Italy with my parents, sisters and grandmother in the … Continue reading →

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Favorite Travel Memories: Florence

Posted on October 12, 2010 by Caroline

As a part of our family tradition of going on a trip for our sixteenth birthdays, my family landed in Florence, Italy for Sammi‘s 16th, which also fell on the day after my high school graduation. I could already tell … Continue reading →

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Photo of the Day: Rome, Italy

Posted on August 20, 2010 by Caroline

A pigeon takes a rest on the fountain I pulled these babies out of the CITC archives this week (lots more where these came from) from my Italy trip in 2006. Watching Eat Pray Love made me want to go back. … Continue reading →

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Italy 2006

Posted on March 24, 2009 by Caroline

Here are my favorites from my Italy trip in May 2006. San Pietro with poppies in the foreground (Rome) The Colosseum (Rome) Man watching his tiny little car, my favorite (Rome) Bramante’s Tempietto (Rome) Somewhere in Rome…I can’t quite recall A … Continue reading →