The Traditional Post of Plans Gone Awry

This seems to happen every time I travel. The calendar conspires against me to confound my plans. Today, you see, was New Years Day. This means that many of the things we might have seen, such as the Sultan’s Palace, were closed. Also, the city is overall much quieter. Nevertheless, P found something for […]

Where Pork is a Vegetable

I woke this morning and left the hotel early. I wanted a little better orientation to town and so headed toward the Gothic quarter. I stopped along the way and bought a croissant. I thought it had a fruit filling – I was wrong, though; it was filled with ham. Come to think of it, […]

They Don’t Speak English? Then Let’s Speak Italian!

Madrid is in the same time zone as Rome, which is weird because they are a long way apart. There is something right about its location at the far west of the time zone, however. The sun is just barely risen at 8 am, but it turns out that’s ok. The Spanish morning operates at […]

Prosciuttio and Closing the Circle

Today was quiet, on the Butterblogger spectrum. The first half of this trip was largely dedicated to Rome, in her chaos and noise, her width and breadth and depth. We have returned to Milan, which is a large city, but different. As tourists we are almost a focus in Rome. In Milan we are an […]

A Quiet Day of Recovery

Our time in Rome finally came to an exhausting close. Some things were hit, and many were missed, but that is the nature of travel. We can’t always do all of the things we would like as well as we would like. It is an ongoing series of choices and compromises out of which we […]

Yup, Another Ancient Room. With Niches!

I slept like the dead, but still managed to get up in time to make our 730 train from Milan. We had some homework to do in the train station there, however. G had a revelation and decided that perhaps she had overpacked a touch. Therefore she moved everything that she really really needed into […]