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From Disaster to Surprise in Siena

By on April 18, 2012 in Europe, Italy, nightmares, Siena

Tweet 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 summer of 2006 for Sammi‘s Sweet 16 trip. So far we had good luck, [...]

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Favorite Travel Memories: Florence

By on October 12, 2010 in Europe, family, Florence, food, Italy, travel tuesday

TweetAs 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 it was going to be one of my favorite stops on the trip (out of [...]

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Photo of the Day: Rome, Italy

By on August 20, 2010 in Italy, photo friday, Rome, travel

Tweet 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. And this time I will know more of the language. The Pantheon I’ve been [...]

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Italy 2006

By on March 24, 2009 in art, church, Europe, Italy, pasta, pizza, travel

TweetHere 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 garden path at our hotel (Siena) Trevi Fountain (Rome) Other side of the Arno from [...]

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