Trulli Villiage of Alberobello,
2019-11-25
Travel Blog about our visit to the Trulli VIlliage of ArlberbelloRead More →
Long Term Travel Advice from lessons learned
2019-11-22
Long term travel presents us with many opportunities to learn from our travel mistakes.. This article captures and reaffirmed a few from our three month adventure to Italy Read More →
The ‘White City’ of Lecce
2019-11-17
Apulia’s White City 14 Nov – It’s sunny and windy and cloudy all mixed with a little rain; it’s Winter in Southern Italy. A short hour and a half train ride from Bari and we arrived in the White City of Lecce. We elected not to spend a night orRead More →
Cinque Terra, La Spezia and Lucca, Video Blog
2019-11-15
Catching up! This is another out-of-synch, posting highlighting our Cinque Terra and Lucca Video Blog. Our first real Bellissima Italia exploration was in the town of La Spezia and the quaint villages nestled in the rocks over the Med known as Cinque Terra. We met up with excellent friends (TheRead More →
Idle Days in Old Town Bari
2019-11-13
So long Salerno 10 – 14 Nov – The FLIX Bus is a great way to transition from the west coast of Italy to its East and to our new destination – Old Town Bari. A simple stroll from our Salerno downtown apartment and after an engaging chat with aRead More →
Breakdown in Bari
2019-11-13
Breaking Down! I learned an invaluable lesson in Ranger School – everybody, I mean, everybody breaks down sooner or later. When engaged in a tireless pursuit of anything, in time, you will hit a wall. The question isn’t if it will happen to you; it will. The real question is,Read More →
Salerno and Paestum
2019-11-12
Time to move on to Salerno Naples was an incredible experience, rich in the exploration of Southern Italian culture, cuisine, and old buildings. But, as we near wearing out our welcome at our guest’s incredible home, it’s time to move further south. The only place we did not visit inRead More →
A Naples Travel Video Blog; So long Naples
2019-11-06
Time to move beyond Naples Our Naples adventure lasted for over three weeks and is sadly now coming to an end. Many, many thanks to our generous Hostess, Melissa for allowing us to stage out of her beautiful home. Below is a link to a short 2 minute Naples travelRead More →
A Travel day Herculaneum and beyond
2019-11-05
Visiting Herculaneum 4 Nov ‘19 – Their recast skeletal remains littered the barrel arched, vaulted structures on the beach side of the town of Herculaneum; many embracing loved ones in their final moments before immolation and suffocation. visiting Herculaneum can be a brutal reminder that Ms. Nature is really inRead More →
Two Decades and the Volcano Gods
2019-11-01
Trial by Fire Enduring relationships and the volcano gods: There’s an ancient and honored legend of ‘Trial by Fire’ to validate serious relationship of two decades. The mythos is that once in twenty years, couples must circle the brim of a volcanic caldera, as a testament, demonstrating the virtuousness ofRead More →
A Good Day in Naples
2019-10-31
Naples for a Day 30 Oct ‘19 – Briskly up in the morning and off to Naples by train. Only 4.5 euro each and 13 stops later, and we arrived in the seat of Italian humanity! Wow, Naples is a living city, it throbs with activity, clamorous noise, vibrant rustlingRead More →
Italy’s Island of Ischia
2019-10-29
Hot, hot, and sunny. (Ischia Travel) 24-28 Oct ‘19 – Traveling with the amazing Ursula is simply amazing. As a young lady, she lived in Italy for three years and spent most of her adult life as a tour guide, quite a bit of it traveling through Italy’s attractions. SomewhereRead More →
Ruin Days – Archeological sites around of Naples
2019-10-23
North of Naples (Archeological sites around of Naples) 22 Oct – We dedicated the last few days satisfying our Roman ruins cravings at various archeological sites around Naples. The other day when walking through town on the way to the castle, we walked along the Marina side and not throughRead More →
An afternoon travel in Florence, Italy – Florence Travel
2019-10-20
Florence, traveling through Renaissance history Florence Travel, Saturday, 12 October – What a spectacular place, the boulevards and massive buildings remind me of Munich, but when you gaze at the structural details and old ornamental flourishes, it’s all Italy. Our friends and I trained into Florence while Ursula remained behindRead More →
Big lake to La Spezia
2019-10-20
Big Lake to La Spezia A trip to another world and time. This posting places some of the missing sequences back into the ‘Belimisio Italia’ Italy Travel blog. Bologna was just too fascinating not to write about right away, so this posting briefly covers the trip from home to ItalyRead More →
Holy Bologna – Travel to Bologna Italy
2019-10-15
Editor’s note – My narrative for our Italy journey is already out of sequence as I’m jumping ahead about a week or so into our travel to Bologna adventures….but, I’ll return to the travels and the week in Cinque Terra and Lucca soon. Hang tight…and enjoy. A few days ofRead More →
Escaping Alaska’s Fall Season – Travel to Italy Blog
2019-09-30
Ready to Go! We’ve packed the bags, the tickets in hand and the cat/house sitters arrive in the morning; all is ready for our next adventure – a Fall Season in Bellissima Italia! And, so begins our Travel to Italy Blog. By Wednesday, sometime Alaska time, we should be inRead More →
Top eleven ways to lose a referendum election
2019-09-20
Top eleven ways to loose a referendum electionRead More →
The McKinley Fire and American Spirit!
2019-09-07
McKinley Fire I spent the week with Team Rubicon helping mitigate the fire damage to the property of some of the survivors of the McKinley Fire. Our aim was to clear off the residue so they can try to rebuild their homes before the snows fall. As Hurricane Dorian drawsRead More →
Traveling Italy Blog – A Season in Bellissima Italia
2019-08-19
Traveling through Italy Blog A ‘Season in Bellissima Italia’; a new Zimmer’s Landing traveling through Italy Blog! Coming Soon! If all works as planned, we’ll spend this winter cavorting the Italian countryside enjoying as many ‘off the beaten path’ (as well as a few of the more traditional)Read More →