Archive for March, 2007

Another interesting weekend
March 28, 2007

Friday morning we left for Napoli—arriving by bus around midday. Though the sights inside the city were gorgeous—the outskirts of the city had a grungy beauty to them. Napoli had such a different culture than Rome, possible to tell even from the way that people dressed.

 
  We went to a convent covered in Majolica:

We Left [...]

Munich, Vienna and Milan! Oh My!
March 19, 2007

Well! Last weekend was a busy one! Frank came to visit and we whisked ourselves off the the four corners of the world–or at least a few countries in Europe!
Karlskirche in Vienna:

Stephansdom:

And then: Off to Munich!
And here is the Marienplatz

Milan:
Outiside the Duomo, the pigeons were having a feild day with the monuments:

Inside the Duomo:

Orvieto and Ostia Antica
March 6, 2007

Orvieto is an old city which looks like the Etruscans found the steepest cliffs that they could and then built walls on top of them. Saturday afternoon, the town was quiet and foggy—old women in fur coats waddled up the hilly streets with arms full of bags from the markets.
 
The market itself was held under [...]