Game on!
Bologna is the “business” part of our trip — 5 days of baseball, for a potential article or book about the the internationalization of the sport. The World Baseball Softball Confederation have organized the Europe/Africa Olympic qualifiers, split between stadiums in...
Bologna
As of right now I am in Bologna, one of the top food destinations in Italy. Bologna is a lot less touristy than all the other places I visited. I am staying in a residential area of Bologna so I am getting a sense of what living in Bologna might be like. In Bologna we...
Florence
When we were in Florence (also known as Firenze in Italian) we had lots of great new experiences. Such as visiting the home of the famous statue created by Michelangelo Buonarroti, the David. In 1501 Michelangelo started his work on David at age 26. He is nearly 17...
The many pleasures of Florence
The joys of Florence! A busy few days — and very slow wifi — have kept us all from blogging. On Saturday morning, we left Rome and caught a 11:45am high-speed train to Florence, the landscapes of central Italy zipping past at us at 250 km/h, to arrive in the city’s...
Florence
In the last two days a was in Florence. In Florence I visited l’acadamia del arte, it is home to the most famous statue in the world Michelangelo's “David”. The statue depicts David from the bible. Many people argue if the statue depicts David before or after he...
Good different
One of my favourite things about travelling is having things be different, mostly good, sometimes not so good--like having to drag a heavy suitcase along cobblestone streets in 30+ degree heat. We had some experiences earlier in 2019 as a family that were stressful...
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Yesterday we went to the Saint Peters Basilica and the Vatican museums. Saint Peters Basilica is the biggest church in the world, it is beautiful and has lots of pretty fountains and statues outside. Each letter in the Basilica are 7 feet tall, and some of the statues...
Vatican City
Yesterday I went to the Vatican City. I learnt that the Vatican City is actually a country. Inside the Vatican City I went to the saint peters basilica, it is the biggest church in the world. The saint peters basilica is home to Michael Angelo’s famous sculpture the...
Day 4: Vatican City
A trip to Vatican City Our last day in Rome started slowly as we slept in (sort of — not all of us slept) with plans (and tickets) to visit Vatican City, to see St. Peter’s Basilica, the Museums and especially the Sistine Chapel. First, we stretched our bared legs —...
Day 3: A day trip outside of Rome
Ostia Antica We got moving slowly on day 2 in Rome, only leaving the apartment after noon, after a restless sleep for just about everyone, nudging a little closer to re-aligning our sleep cycles. The plan: a day trip out of the city to the Romain ruins of Ostia Antica...