Sorrento
We took a morning train from Florence thru Rome to Naples to change train lines to Sorrento. The Italian first class trains are like flying first class on a major airline, very comfortable and free WIFI! We found the station for the Circumvesuviana Railway Company that operates the ser...
Category: 2016 Travel
Dateline June 17, 2016 – Israel
Nazareth
We arrived in Haifa, Israel, early on Friday, June 17th, for a three-day stay. We had previously, when we were only going to be in Israel for two days, made arrangements for a driver for Saturday and Sunday. That left us with no plans for Friday. After much discussion, we decided we...
Read MoreDateline June 6, 2016 – Venice and Florence
We know many of our friends and relatives have been to Italy, this is our first trip and it has been amazing. First we need to say, which we were told by many, order the “house red wine”, it is always excellent!
Venice
Our next stop on our journey was Venice. We got off at the Venice statione...
Read MoreDateline May 30, 2016 – Vienna, Switzerland, Milan..Hello Italy!
Vienna
We caught the morning train from Budapest to Vienna and arrived in Vienna Centrale station and looked at the directions to the flat, of course we slightly mis-interpreted the communication from our host, thinking she was coming to the metro whilst she was waiting in front of the flat. We f...
Dateline May 26, 2016 – Behind the “Iron Curtain” Eastern Europe
The Iron Curtain
The Iron Curtain formed the imaginary boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991. The term symbolized efforts by the Soviet Union to block itself and its satellite states from open contact with the...