Room(s) With A View
Santa Maria Novella, Florence This really is the view from our hotel room. At least the one we moved to today, after one night in…
Travel
Travel planning and destinations, travel wardrobes and trip recaps.
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Arriverderci, Roma…Pronto, Firenze!
River Arno, Ponte Vecchio in distance. And alas, still not enough bandwidth to upload pictures! Â Changed rooms and now have a better wifi connection! We…
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Rome – A Few Impressions
Internet connection is mind-numbingly slow this morning, so am having trouble uploading any pictures. I’m taking copious notes and lots of pictures, so will have…
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Room With A View
That tower belongs to the Villa Medici. Ancient steps, a secret entrance? The surrounding gardens are, I believe, part of the Borghese Gardens. This morning…
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Traveling in Style: Cleared for Takeoff!
Here’s how une femme packs two weeks’ worth of clothing, plus toiletries and some other odds and ends in a 20″ carry on wheeled suitcase….
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Traveling in Style: Boarding Pass
Click to enlarge for detail. Exposure and contrast were tweaked to better show the black items. So after obsessively checking the extended forecasts for Rome…
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Traveling in Style: Accessories, Toiletries, and Maquillage
That was then… …this is now. One of the biggest challenges for one-bag, carry-on travel is packing liquid and toiletries. Here are some tricks and…
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Traveling in Style: Clothing Care
Packing light for any trip longer than a few days presumes that one will have to launder at least some of one’s clothing at some…
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Traveling in Style: Clothing, Part 2
Before we move on to tops and sweaters/jackets for travel, I wanted to add my own thoughts to a couple of common themes that seem…
