Showcase: Italy

milan 8/31 - 9/1 2004

We began our trip in Milan, where we crawled in and on the Duomo, saw ...

Updated: Sep 10, 2005 1:06pm PST

Lake Como - Varenna 9/2 - 9/3 2004

We joined our Rick Steves tour group in Varenna, on Lake Como. We hike ...

Updated: Sep 10, 2005 12:58pm PST

verona 9/3 2004

We daytripped to Verona, the home of Romeo and Juliet and a still-in-u ...

Updated: Sep 10, 2005 12:38pm PST

Dolomites 9/3 - 9/4 2004

Our group headed for the Dolomites, the Italian alps where German is t ...

Updated: Sep 10, 2005 12:48pm PST

venice 9/5 - 9/6 2004

Next up was Venice, one of our favorite places. We toured St Mark's Sq ...

Updated: Jun 15, 2005 9:21pm PST

florence 9/7 - 9/8 2004

In Florence we viewed the David, toured the Uffizi Gallery, took a wal ...

Updated: Sep 10, 2005 12:34pm PST

pisa 9/9 2004

a short day trip to Pisa, through the gauntlet of trinket hawkers to v ...

Updated: Sep 10, 2005 12:25pm PST

cinque terre 9/9 - 9/11 2004

the Cinque Terre (Five Lands) was next. We stayed in Monterosso and hi ...

Updated: Sep 10, 2005 12:22pm PST

san gimignano 9/11 2004

we daytripped to Tuscany's San Gimignano, a hilltown that maintains it ...

Updated: Oct 23, 2004 7:06pm PST

siena 9/11 - 9/12 2004

Siena is medieval Italy preserved. We sat on its Campo, viewed the cit ...

Updated: Sep 10, 2005 12:08pm PST

farmhouse 9/13 - 9/15 2004

we stayed two nights at a farmhouse in Umbria, where we swam, played b ...

Updated: Sep 10, 2005 11:49am PST

assisi 9/13 2004

We daytripped to Asissi, the home of St Francis, medieval architecture ...

Updated: Sep 10, 2005 11:59am PST

orvieto 9/14 2004

a hilltop town with an extraordinary duomo, Orvieto was definitely wor ...

Updated: Oct 24, 2004 8:00pm PST

winery 9/14 2004

we daytripped to Tenuta le Velette, a beautiful winery in Umbria.

Updated: Sep 10, 2005 11:44am PST

rome 9/15 - 9/16 2004

we finished our tour with stops at the Vatican Museum, Coliseum and Fo ...

Updated: Sep 10, 2005 10:38am PST

the tour group

a nicer group of people you wouldn't care to meet. Ciao!

Updated: Oct 27, 2004 4:14pm PST

portraits

there are a zillion interesting faces in Italy...here are a few

Updated: Sep 10, 2005 1:13pm PST

panoramics

my photos, the Photoshop stylings of Mr David Leeth...

Updated: Nov 28, 2004 8:35pm PST