Written by Far Afield on December 14, 2004
- One week to go.
I don't know about you, but before a big trip like this, I tend to get the butterflies. Time seems to alternate between madly racing towards departure time and dragging on forever....
Written by Far Afield on November 6, 2004
- This week I made the second payment on the villa with Doorways in Bryn Mawr.
If you have never rented a villa, it can be challenging (if your schedule doesn't match theirs) and expensive--like...
Written by Far Afield on October 3, 2004
- The tickets booked, we have begun to plan the actual trip. We will be meeting our daughter after her study abroad program is complete for an almost two-week stay in Italy. Planned destinations...
Written by DrMaximus on March 10, 2002
- If you are planning on staying and perhaps studying in Perugia, you will do well getting yourself an apartment. For foreigners this is usually a major problem because Italian bureaucracy hardly allows for such arrangements....
Written by DrMaximus on March 10, 2002
- Many students from all over the world congregate in what has been declared the most famous Foreigners' University in all of Italy. Courses run several sessions a year, with five levels of competency. The fifth...
Written by DrMaximus on March 3, 2002
- With the help of a city map readily available at the main ‘TouristPoint’ offices (at the Stazione Ferrovia FS, another beside the Fontana Maggiore at Corso Vannucci, or also conveniently located is another at Piazza...
Written by Far Afield on January 29, 2005
- As noted in the previous entry, we spent the evening of our seventh day in a small town called Empoli. Empoli is right off the autostrada about halfway between Pisa and Florence. (See...
Written by Far Afield on January 4, 2005
- After spending Sunday in Perugia again, on Monday we made our way through the Tuscan countryside to the northwestern coast of Italy and Pisa. The southern Tuscan region is mostly mountain and hills....
Written by Far Afield on January 2, 2005
- December 23, 2004 - In the first 3 days in Italy, we've covered a lot of ground - and I do mean a lot! Day 3 saw us back in Perugia, then on to...
Written by Far Afield on December 30, 2004
- Today dawned bright and beautiful. Cetona, where the villa is situated, is a wonderful small Tuscan town. It's just like those picture postcards or travel brochures you see of the rustic Tuscan countryside....
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