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Updates from the road by authors David Leach, Jenny Manzer and their family
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La nostra casa per le vacanze
We are winding up our second week of travel and staying in our third AirBnB or la nostra casa per le vacanze (our vacation house). All have had their pluses and minuses, but we’ve enjoyed all three. In Rome, our apartment on the ground floor of an apartment on Via...
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...
Where in the world are we now?
Briar’s Journal
Cinque Terre
Cinque Terre also known as 5 Terre, are 5 little towns on the cliff side along the water. Today we hiked up and up and up. When we finally thought that there was no ending to the stairs we saw the most spectacular view ever. Which made us forget how tired and hungry...
AJ’s Journal
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...
David’s Journal
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 —...
Jenny’s Journal
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I’m David Leach. I teach creative nonfiction at the University of Victoria and love to travel and write. My travel features have appeared in many Canadian and international publications.