ITALY

This month we had a short vacation. It was much needed and appreciated. We met with family and spent nine days in Italy. Brooke, Art and Pat joined us to tour Rome, Florence (Tuscany) and Venice. I could have stayed much longer. Drinking good wine, eating pizza and pasta, and walking seeing the sites. We had a wonderful time.

Roman ruins

Rome with all it's ancient ruins, Tuscany with it's wines, Florence with art and Venice with its waterways. We saws a gamut of lifestyles in our travels. We witnessed weddings in Rome and a funeral boat in Venice. Italians eat breakfast standing and dinner is several hours. It was a country of contrasts.

Back here in Algiers security remains but we can now go to the store and walk to work again.

Work remains work.

Brooke and Wayne consulting the map



Clean, fresh open markets in the neighborhoods of Rome

The property where we stayed in Tuscany. Vineyards and olive groves.


 

 Water is the only means of transportation on Venice. The taxi, fire department, ambulance, and even the funeral hearse travel by water. there is no vehicle traffic on the island of Venice.

Hearse