Beep? We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Beep!

We slept soundly last night, and woke to a prolific breakfast before hitting the road. First stop: Ca’ dal Non Acetaia, where they make balsamico tradizionale. I’ve done such a tour twice before, but D hasn’t and this is a bullet I’ll gladly take for the team. We headed out amongst the cars and and […]

Sleep? We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Sleep!

I’m a merciless travel companion, and it’s time I admit it. I want to keep going even when exhaustion sets in. So much to see, yet so little time… We arrived early in Rome this morning, when the eastern sky as yet bore only the barest blush of the unrisen sun. We had our first […]

A Look Back to Things We Missed

Happy New Year, everybody. Not everything done while traveling has made it to the blog, so here are a few random photos to fill you in on things you missed. On the USS Missouri, there was a computer room, with old Macs and even an ImageWriter 2 printer. On the Big Island of Hawaii, we […]

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 […]

In The Presence of Masters

I alluded to something earlier this trip on at least two occasions. First, I said that there are some works that stand out and these works would remain important across parallel universes. Then I said that Bernini’s works really stole the show (not exactly those words). Well it’s time to continue the thought. Bernini and […]

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 […]