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Continue reading →: Fall Adventure Part 2 Rick Steves Best of Italy
Lake Como and Firenze (Florence) Lake Como, locally known as Lago di Como or Lario, is one of Italy’s most magical destinations, a place where alpine beauty meets Italian elegance. Located in Lombardy, just north of Milan. Shaped by ancient glaciers and known for its distinctive “Y” form, Lake Como is the third-largest lake in Italy and…
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Continue reading →: Fall Adventure Part 2 – Rick Steves Best of Italy Tour
Venice and the Dolomites Touring Italy has been on our destination list for years. We choose to do a Rick Steves Tour, “The Best Of Italy”. Seventeen days experiencing and exploring various areas of Italy. Although we did our own pre-tour in Venice, we learned more tidbits from both Nancy…
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Continue reading →: Fall Adventure Italy – Part 1
We started planning our trip to Italy last November and now it’s a reality. We drove to Atlanta from Ocala, so that we had a direct flight to Venice. This eliminated having layovers and doubling our travel time to Italy, 9 hours vs 18 hours! Pre Tour Venice Italy Getting from…
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Continue reading →: Back In The USA
We decided to take the ferry from Yarbrough, Nova Scotia to Bar Harbor, Maine. This was a 3.5 hour ferry ride and the savings was less driving miles in the car. The ferry had many amenities and was huge. Food, coffee bars, gift shop, movies, bingo and lounge type seats!…

