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A weekend in Maine
Good friend Carrie invited us to her Portland home, cared for us, fed us, and showed us a right good time. We had a list of goals…
Lobster dining on an ocean overlook
Mickey dog love
Maine blueberries, raw, in pancakes, in muffins
Beach, boats and coast
No camera to capture the last on our list – I’m still scared [...]
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Part Florence and Then Some
Art, architecture, gelato, excellent leather jackets.
Saw:
The sites of course. Unavoidable in Florence. Yes on the Uffizi and Botticellis. Yes on the David. Yes on the Ponte Vecchio.
Ate:
Potatoes with olive oil at Cibreo (as well as tripe salad – not a request, a gift). Poor chaps, it was Saturday night and a bit short staffed.
Plates of [...]
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Part Siena and Tuscany
The journey to Siena began on a train, as so many in Italy do. Riding trains is such a pleasant experience in Europe – it’s a damn shame that there is limited opportunity for train-travel in the US. We arrived around mid-afternoon and checked into our fresco ceilinged hotel in the heart of this medieval [...]
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Italy in Parts – Part Venice
We are back on US ground. After two weeks of what can only be called an Italian indulgence, I sit here, on my gray tattered futon, with my futon-tattering cat, sifting through photos of the days abroad. It’s going to take me a bit of time to edit and choose what to post, so we’ll [...]
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