Tag Archive: italy

Napoli for New Year’s, where the smoke runs as thick as fog

Napoli is a rough city. It’s missing toilet seats, sort of like Southern Mexico and Greece, and there is a garbage strike, which has been in effect for either two months or four… Continue reading →

Perchance, a visit to the Museo Galileo in Florence

Italy, I’ve found, is a land of qualifiers and “but”s.  Things are usually one way, unless they are the other way.  The rental car was quoted online at 70 Euros, but after fees… Continue reading →

In Napoli, there are no rules

The shame about Napoli is that the buildings have beautiful facades — we walked by the House of the Nile, for instance, with a door knocker fashioned as a sphinx and ornamentation of… Continue reading →

In sunlight, Italy romances me

You may know, I jumped on a plane without any prep work, and ended up in Florence. I’d been working, working, working, and had paused only long enough to fret about and finally… Continue reading →