Trips for Piazzale Michelangelo

Woohoo! One more sleep.... This time tomorrow morning we'll be boarding the plane bound for Florence (via Calgary then Frankfurt). Arrived in Calgary at 3pm CA time or 4pm local time. Nice clean airport, well organized and easy to navigate …

Florence is a city that always takes me by surprise, no matter how many times i've visited. There are few places in the world that transport you to a time long sense past the way this part of Tuscany does. I arrived early this morning from …

After our first taste of international flights, we're glad to finally land in our first destination: Rome. Getting off the plane we expected a long line of people being checked in by customs. We walked up to a booth, he looked at our passports …

After lots and lots of planning, we finally packed our bags and left for our five week trek through Europe! London London is a very San Franciscan place filled with busy streets, well-dressed corporate workhorses, theatres (notice the spelling …

So we are just over a month from leaving to Paris and Italy. I for one can't wait. My girlfriend and I have all our necessary travel documents, booked the flights, hotels, bought some museum passes. For Paris, we got the three day Paris Visite …

its been a bit crazy. the biggest problem is that our luggage (backpacks) is lost. it has been almost 48 hours and no sign. also there was also no record of our hotel reservation here. we got a room fine and are now triple checking our other …

April 06, 2007 :: 00:18 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Yeeeaaaa! Finally I was able to buy the air tickets! Also, I bought the medical insurance for just under $7 for the 6 day trip :-) Still I need to …

When leaving for this trip I was given extensive recommendations and advice from friends who studied abroad, so I thought I should group it all together and reflect on my experience in comparable detail. Traveling to Florence was easy - you …

I am one week away from leaving for Madrid. I still do not have my passport, although I sent it for renewal in February. I have contacted my house representative's office, and they have a staff member working on it. She is very helpful, and …

Arrived in Venice today. The Palace Bonvecchiati is wonderful. The staff is very nice, english speaking and patient. Going to get a recommendation for dinner later today. We visited the Rialto Bridge, and the Fish Market - we ate in a wine …