My Travel Blog
Traveling home
Tuesday, June 6, 2006
First Class is the best way to travel! Too bad it takes so many air miles to buy a seat on British Air. I had a shower and massage at Heathrow before taking the non-stop back to Seattle. The food
Pisa, return with Erin
Monday, June 5, 2006
We left Florence and took a side trip to Pisa, so that Erin could get her picture taken holding up the Leaning Tower! We then drove down the coast to Rome, in time to check into our last hotel for
Florence, day 2
Sunday, June 4, 2006
We decided to get tickets for one of those “hop-on/hop-off” buses in Florence.
Florence, Italy
Saturday, June 3, 2006
After breakfast, we drove from Bologna to Florence, only about an hour. It took us another hour after we got off the motorway to find our hotel. That effort made us tired, so we took a little nap.
Cinque Terre, day 3
Friday, June 2, 2006
We left Levanto right after breakfast, and drove to Corniglia, the last of the villages. The road was very narrow, and appeared to be under repair from being washed out in places. We spent about an
I am maintaining this journal on our trip to Europe, April to June, 2006. This is our Retirement Trip. I retired from the University of Alaska on July 1, 2005, and Dan started collecting Social Security as of August 1, 2006. It was a very busy fall and winter, with my new research project. So this is a very well-earned vacation trip!
Hadrian’s Arch, Athens
