While Caserta Royal Palace can be said to be resplendent with it’s ornate 1200 rooms, 1790 windows and 34 staircases, it is the Park that encompasses a stretch of 2.5 miles of gardens, fountains and statues that draws a greater presence of both tourists and native Italians. The Park much like the palace itself was…
Also known as the Reggia of Caserta, Caserta Royal Palace was built as a summer retreat for Charles VII of Naples. Construction for this modest estate commenced in 1752 and is renowned in part because of its resemblance in structure to the Palace of Versailles in France. The Caserta Royal Palace is rectangular in shape…
On our way back to Rome from an awesome visit to Venice we headed for a place called San Marino. Where is San Marino? I had no idea that such a place existed and that I was going to be able to go there. San Marino is the only Country in the world to be…
While traveling the Amalfi coast we stopped in many villages. including but not limited to Amalfi, Sorrento, Salerno and Ravello. On our first trip out there we had intended to get there much earlier so that we could see some of the area, have a nice lunch and then do some shopping. But as is…
This was my first visit to Venice. By the time I actually stepped foot in Venice I had already been in Italy for well more than a week and had seen all sorts of really wonderful sights. I’m thinking that Venice really took my breath away because I had heard about it’s wonders all my…
When we went to look at rental cars we had some issues. I wanted a nice comfortable ride and Chester was much more into conserving money and saving on gas. But if you can’t be comfortable while traveling…. well there’s just no point in suffering…is there? So, here’s the car I wanted to get…and we…
After leaving Florence we made our way via a confused GPS named “Betty” to Pisa. We didn’t actually arrive there until after dark, but my camera does quite well in the dark and without the flash. Actually the flash makes for darker pictures. While it was a wee chilly the evening that we were here,…
We arrived in Firenze about early afternoon the sixteenth of March. We might have landed in the city a little earlier but the GPS that Chester is now naming “Betty,” had us driving around in circles for some time before we just shut her off and followed the road signs. It’s funny, well maybe it’s…
After leaving the home of Gennaro and Adrianna as their natural family and supports streamed in from all over we initially set our sights on Rome. But that wasn’t the best of all possible plans as Rome is congested with traffic and nowhere at all to park. We attempted using the GPS “TomTom” that we…
At 9:50 this morning our Gracious host Genarro passed away. Even now the family is pouring in from all over. It was my great pleasure to have known him even for this brief period of time