Entries Tagged as ‘Travel’

Sunday, April 6, 2008

Round Top Weekend, Spring 2008

Oh, what fun we had. The MIL and I drove to Round Top for a girls getaway and had the time of our lives. We shopped, we laughed, we nearly had to beat down some Mexicanos. Good times, good times.
I took almost 300 photos! I have some serious editing to do. Here is one of [...]

Friday, February 15, 2008

Let me help you go on vacation!

My husband and I have a timeshare and have the ability to find you resorts to stay in for one week all over the world. There is always something available on the beach in Mexico. Other destinations could be available. If I know the dates you can travel, I can find out. Of course, the more flexible [...]

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Travel Candy

I’m a planner by nature. If I could always be planning my next travel adventure, I would be utterly satisfied. Until I become independently wealthy, I’ll have to be satisfied with being a virtual click away.
When I began this blog, I had a travel theme in mind. I always knew it would be a great [...]

Monday, November 12, 2007

My favorite day in Rome.

Palatine Hill

My renewed obsession with all things Roman began a month or so before our trip when I discovered the HBO series ROME. I couldn’t wait to see the Forum and the Palatine where all of the business of the Republic took place. I had done a bit of research on Slow Travel for tour [...]

Monday, October 29, 2007

Rome: coffee and a little Vatican

Wednesday, October 3.
This was our first full day in Rome. We woke up in the eternal city and first things first we had a cappuccino from the little bar across from the Chiesa Nuova which is a beautiful church by the way
before heading off to our first ever visit to the Vatican. We had [...]

Saturday, October 20, 2007

Back from a fabulous trip.

We got back yesterday evening from a wonderful vacation in Italy. We visited Rome, Amalfi and Venice and had such a great time. There is so much to tell and so many pictures to post.

Venice was by far our favorite place. Seeing the Palantine Hill, Forum and Colosseum in Rome was definitely a highlight. Amalfi [...]

Friday, October 5, 2007

First Day in Rome, view from Castle St Angelo of St Peters

After a very long flight from Austin to Rome we finally made it to this beautiful place. This photo was taken the first night here from the castel towards the Vatican. Amazing sunsets here. We have walked all over this place and have seen so much. It’s very crowded. Much more than it was our [...]