Italy: Cortina d’Ampezzo and Via Ferrata Marino Bianchi

Above Rifugio Lorenzi with our guide Nadia

Examining Cortina d’Ampezzo’s trail map we noticed something curious.  Some of the alpine trails were labeled with a line of pluses,

Italy: Cortina, Route 14 “Mietres Freeride” and Route 6

Becky hits the trails outside of Cortina d'Ampezzp




Somewhere amongst all the biking gear jammed in the back of our Kangoo was a set of knobby mountain bike tires.  When we planned the trip, we

Italy: Cortina d’Ampezzo

We went that way: Snow in the Dolomites points towards our next adventures

Cortina d’Ampezzo sits in the midst of the Dolomites in the Italian Alps.  It is a well-known resort town made famous, in part, as the host city for

Italy: Siena take two

A twisted sky in Siena

Somehow it seems that this is the way that this picture should be.

Italy: Bassano del Grappa

Ponte degli Alpini in Bassano del Grappa

Google Maps says that Padua is only a couple hours by car from Cortina-d’Ampezzo, the next destination on our summer’s road journey.  There

Italy: Padua

Spiky epaulettes

When we rescued Homer in Modena it felt like we received a get a jail free card. The Kangoo and all of our stuff weren’t stolen after all. And now we

Italy: Modena and Osteria Francescana

A platter of petit fours offered at the end of our meal at Osteria Francescana

Italy: Montalcino

The fortress in Montalcino, Italy

And sometimes a town is a wine, or sort of.

Italy: Siena

Siena's Piazza del Campo

Sometimes a town is a color.

Italy: San Gimignano

San Gimignano viewed from Podere Montese

“Why would you leave?”