I’ve not been able to post as I’d hoped to this week, but I’ve been in Los Angeles meeting with a neurosurgeon for a second-opinion re: my lousy spine/discs. Good news, no immediate surgery – just keep on with the epidural injections until they don’t work anymore, then come see him again. That day will…
Category: International Travel
Travel anxiety
Yes, I suffer from travel anxiety. I shouldn’t, I’ve done this a dozen times (to Europe), and countless times domestically. But, I’m already making myself nervous/anxious for lots of reasons (1) I know I won’t get to sleep for another 28 hours (2) not looking forward to walking around Milan for 8 hours till I…
Leaving, tomorrow
WordPress tells me it’s been 14 days since my last post. I’m not sure how I feel about that. On the one hand, it implies, in a way, I’ve done nothing in the past 14 days. And on the other hand it kind of begs the question, what have I been doing these past 14…
Preparando per il Grande Viaggio
Saying goodbye, if only for a little while (in this case 3 months), is every bit as important a part of preparing for a trip as making a packing list. In my case (as with others, I’m sure) it means spending time with friends and family each weekend before I actually depart. It also means…
Flying to Sicily (leave your bag behind!)
Well, that was an education. Over the years I’d heard about low-cost airlines such as Ryan Air before, but I’d never had occasion for a first-hand dealing. The long and short of it is that it costs roughly 50% more for my checked bag to fly from Torino to Trapani and back than it does…
Three Months in Italia
On 8 March, 2016, I’ll leave my quiet little home in suburban Denver, setting out, once again, for Italy. The next several months worth of posts/pictures will be a chronicle of my in-depth visits that span from the far north (Valtellina, Lombardia) to the far south (Marsala, Sicilia), and most wine regions in between. At…
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