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Saturday, January 31, 2015

Roman coliseum and the Forum

What an incredible day!!!
We were off on our usual modus operandi, after our usual breakfast, into two taxi cabs. We were meeting our guide Christina at the metro station entrance outside the coliseum.
Christina has a PHD in archeology, in case I didn't mention it previously, and she is very patient and thoughtful with all our questions.   The weather was chilly and raining a bit but not as bad as was forecast.  She gave us a short description of how she planned to go forward with our tour and we were off! Since the recent problems in Paris with Je suis Charlie the security has been ramped up at the entrance, we must put our purses through an airport type security machine. Our guide is well known to the various workers at all the sites we have been visiting so we are treated with less scrutiny, which is nice!  All the arches that make up the lower floor are numbered there are 80 of them. The numbers signify where each person must enter. A person has a shard of pottery with their number on it and that doorway is the only one they are allowed to use for their lifetime and they are seated according to rank or position in society. The second tiers are also arches and originally a statue stood in each one, it was built in AD 72 and took 8years to construct.  It was built on the site of Nero's palace on top of the artificial lake that was destroyed. Emperor Nero was a hated tyrant who had someone kill him (bizarre!) because he was so hated by the people. He had built an immense golden statue to himself, whose height rivalled the height of the coliseum. The gold was repurposed in the new building and in its place 3 pine trees were planted. These trees today stand outside the coliseum .....they are not pine trees as we know them, but they are pine trees nevertheless.
It is difficult to describe the coliseum, you can walk around on the upper levels and look down onto the arena where all manner of events took place, gladiators fighting each other, gladiators fighting wild lions and tigers, also prisoners were thrown in the arena and they met their execution in that way. There would even be women fighting each other. There were also markets and theatre events. There was always some event taking place. After an hour and a half we made our way to the Forum , we were able to walk among the ruins where the Romans had worked and lived. Julius Ceaser was cremated at this site and people still leave flowers and coins here especially at the ides of March  , there isn't a grave as such.  The forum site was the most important meeting place located in the Center of Rome and where all manner of life took place.
Our guide was the principal director of part of the site excavation in 2010 and her and her students made some important  discoveries.
Our time with Christina came to an end.....our "3 hour tour" 🎶🎶🎶. We said our goodbyes and promised to share pictures. All of us were heading for the metro and  lunch, which was highly recommended by friends of Sandy's , the Osteria Barberini. It was our most expensive lunch and parts of it were delicious........nothing ventured nothing gained and we are happy we had made the choice, black truffles a speciality were in season, and they were divine over pasta.
We then walked by the Trevi fountain on our way back to our hotel. The Trevi is under a massive restoration and is barely visible under the scaffolding but people are still lining up to walk past it, and we were no exception! It is the largest and most spectacular  of Roman fountains, most well known and famous in the world. It stands 85 feet high and 65 feet wide.
We arrived at our hotel in time for Judy, Sandy, Marion, Joanie and Joan to attend 5:30 mass.
Jan and I took a rest! We were all still quite full from our big lunch and decided to forgo going out for dinner.
Tomorrow  Judy, Marion and Joan are saying arrivederci to Rome and traveling homeward.
The pilgrims will be here for  few more days.







Thursday, January 29, 2015

Vatican, Sistine Chapel and RAIN

This morning the weather report was, shall we say.....unfavourable. We started off in the breakfast room with a nice breakfast but horrid coffee...I guess we have to learn how to Order it.  It can't be the Italians !!!! Aren't they famous for their coffee?
We ordered two taxi's to meet us at the gate ( our hotel is completely gated) and learned that as soon as you order a cab the meter starts ticking. Anyway the cab from our hotel, which is in the Trastevere area, to the Vatican is 15 euros.
We had booked a tour and a guide from home, which was fortunate as the lineup to purchase a ticket wound around the block and was about 10 people wide! The temperature was frigid as well.
Our guide had not yet arrived and Sandy went to pick up the tickets, Oops,  once we were given the tickets we HAD to move along inside. We had now moved from Italy into the country that is the Vatican! Security is strict and no leniency is shown, rules are rules. Inside we went and waited for our guide, women's intuition kicked in and we found each other quickly.
She explained the rules to us, where we could talk, and where we could not! Where we could take photos etc.  Christine (guide) has a phd in art history and was so knowledgeable, there was not a question she could not answer.
She was pleased to be guiding seven women as she knew when the group was made up of both men and women, the men did not want to stay so long! We would be with her for over 3 hours.
The truth is the Vatican is so impressive you end up being in awe and have a case of information overload. Even though it is January there are still a good amount of people, not, of course what the crowds would be in the summer. The average number of visitors per day is 26,000! The Vatican city is divided into different principal areas, the Sistine Chapel, St. Peters Basilica, the Vatican  museum.
The many paintings that align the walls and ceilings are minus the artist signatures. It is forbidden to sign the frescos as well, because of the jealousy it would cause between artists. An artist would paint themselves into the painting and you could tell who he was in the painting as he would be looking directly out of the scene like a portrait.
When we entered the Sistine chapel our guide told us she would not be able to talk to us as talking was forbidden. The floor of the chapel was quite busy with tourists, as we entered several guards were at the entrance and every few minutes would yell out "silence! No photos, no videos, silence!" Respect for this reverent area. All the important christian scenes were depicted on the walls, ceiling and floors. The Sistine Chapel is used for some special ceremonies or whenever the Pope desires to close it for his use. Once a year, usually around the date of epiphany, Jan 6th, a christening of 40 persons (babies) is held, 20 females and 20 males. These children are from employees of the Vatican or anyone can make a written request to ask for a place.
The new Pope Francis is truly a pope for the common people. He does not live in the Vatican apartments as all popes before him have done, instead he has elected to live in a hotel within the Vatican, a two bedroom more simple apartment in the santa Maria hotel. It is believed he will make more changes to simplify the existence of the cardinals and bishops that serve the Vatican.
The Basilica of St Peter is the largest basilica in the world, in the main entrance hall on the floor depicted to scale is a design of every major cathedral in the world, with their  measurements noted, and they would all fit inside the area of St Peters Basilica!
We spent about 3 1/2 hours viewing all the masterpieces today and the information is quite impossible to retain it all, which is available in the many books and on line.
We left the Vatican and were met with the predicted rain, we found a little place for lunch and afterwards walked back to our hotel to dry out! Stopping at a little bakery on the way.
Relaxing and recharging for awhile, enjoying tea in our rooms. We met up in the hotel lounge for a few games of charades then braved the torrential rain and a three minute walk to a cosy local restaurant recommended by our hotel......for a mere 10 euros each we enjoyed a light meal and small glass of wine with complimentary Prosecco and limoncello ! Just a small shot of each!
Then it was  bed and blogging!
Ciao!!!!

Road Trip.....all roads lead to Rome...Yay!

This morning we were on the road by 9am after a fulfilling breakfast in Florence. We had such a fun time in Florence I think we were all sad to leave. Junco our driver, was the perfect guy to put up with a van full of 7 crazy women!
Our first stop of the day was at the basilica Santa Maria Degliangeli Porziuncola there were many grey cloaked monks barefoot in sandals with knotted rope belts. This basilica had  a church within the church. The small stone church in the middle of the basilica was from the 9th century. It was here in the little church that Saint Farancis started the Franciscan monks order, there were so many monks the big one was built around it.. Part of St Francis remains, his hair shirt and a piece of his belt are here.st. Francis is the patron saint of Italy.
We were back in the van and further on we arrived in the other end of Assisi where we toured the
Basilica commonly known as the basilica of St Francis of Assisi built in 1228. Frescos were painted by Giotto and his apprentices. Here were many security guards inside, restoration work was in progress, an artist was painting the ceiling high up on a scaffold.
Still in Assisi we disembarked from the van once more and visited the Temple of Minerva, a pagan roman temple, which featured a church inside with lots of gold  and blue paint.
The wind was blowing as we walked uphill around the narrow streets. We were enticed into a really lovely restaurant for coffee and wood fired pizza, what a lovely stop. The Italians are  so warm and welcoming. We are all charmed by them and their quaint old buildings and simple way of life.
We then visited our 4th church of the day where the Ruins of the original foundation were visible through the floor of the church ,  this was the San Ruffino Cathedral . It featured a hall of portraits of pope John Paul II the most beloved pope of the era.
On the road again we headed towards Roma!!!
Traffic was increasing as we neared and thanks to GPS we found our hotel Santa Maria,  very many twists and turns through narrow streets. We were chewing our fingernails as we were sure our van would soon scrape the walls.
After checking into our rooms we walked out for a bite and picked up some more of that alcoholic stuff for our enjoyment.
A pasta dinner in the neighbourhood and back to our hotel Lounge for an after dinner vino. Tomorrow we will visit more of Rome's wonders.
PS......on our day yesterday we neglected to mention that 3 of us, Marion, Joanie and Sandy hoofed it up to the top of the Duomo.....a total of 423 steps up and the same down. It was not recommended for those who suffered from claustrophobia, as the stairway was very narrow, and twisted.

Monday, January 26, 2015

Day tripping Florence, Siena and San Gimignano

Today we were to meet in the breakfast room at 8 for a leisurely breakfast and be ready for our driver by 9am.......things were going according to plan with 5 of us enjoying eggs, prosciutto, juice, crossiants, fruit and coffee as only the Italians can do!!!!! We thought Joanie and Judy must have gone for an early breakfast and then a walk as they had mentioned the possibility yesterday......not so, they had slept in!!!! Only 15 minutes behind schedule we piled into the van with a very friendly Jack driving us to a high point in Florence to San Miniato Al Monte.  It was a magnificent sight and I think if we could we would all move to Florence! From the  lookout we could see the Arno River which winds in a serpentine pattern far below. To one side we could see the portion of the old city wall which is still standing, and used to encircle the whole of Florence. The scene was very pretty with Cypress trees and old stone and brick houses, with tiled roofs and vineyards on the hillsides.
We entered the church and there were many young black frocked monks looking quite busy at their chores. In the grounds outside there was a graveyard set on the hill, graveyards being a favourite of mine.
Leaving Florence we drove about an hour to Siena. Jack dropped us off at the duomo San Dominico. We bought tickets to view the Museum, the Babistry, Library, Tower and Crypt. The tower was a very old brick structure that seemed to go on for ever, winding up narrow stone steps. There were 132 steps in all. Up at the top the views of the surrounding countryside were so amazing we were speechless.
In the crypt there were frescos depicting scenes of the bible.:
In the first Jesus was washing Peters feet, next it was Judas betraying Jesus for 30 pieces of silver, the crucifixion where Christ is secured to the cross by 3 nails, then the deposition of Jesus' body where Nicodemus removes the nails from his feet and passes his body into the loving arms of his mother Mary and Two other Mary's and they mourned the son of God. Finally Jesus descends to hell to save the righteous of the Old Testament. It was very moving.
We left the dumo and walked down to the restaurant  PorriOne (which has been Michelin rated for several years) we had reserved for lunch in the main piazza.
The restaurant had no other guests, tables were set with white tablecloths, the room was exquisitely decorated with fine art, beautiful vases with fresh flowers, wine glasses on the table chimed like bells when we lifted them in salute..... . The menu was divine!!!!!we were first given a complimentary soup, (which we asked for the recipe), it was a puréed Jerusalem artichoke , pecorino cheese, topped with a garnish of dark chocolate and olive oil.   All of us agreed it was the best meal so far and will quite likely remain at the top of the list for the whole trip.....a very memorable meal, which we lingered at for almost 2 hours. And finished with complimentary sweets.
Leaving the restaurant we met up with our driver again and drove to San Gimignano. We were dropped at the city gate high on the hill, where we walked up to the church, this was very dark as the windows were few and small, so viewing anything was difficult. We spent a little time and walked out and found a gelato shop that professed to be the best in the world. We all had a small dish to test! Compliments of Joanie.
Strolling back down through the town we stopped in several shops that sold leather goods, purses, jackets,  shoes etc...... a couple of purchases were made!
As we drove back to Florence it was getting dark and the plan was to meet in the " party room "  which is just the biggest of our 3 hotel rooms, for wine and  Prosecco before heading out for a slice of pizza ......which would be our dinner.
Tonight was a relatively early night, although it was back to the "party room" to finish off the wine.
Tomorrow will be another amazing day, which we will spend in Florence.

Sunday, January 25, 2015

Au revoir Paris..........ciao Italy.

This morning we were up early and downstairs in our hotel ready to meet the private car we hired to take us to Charles de Gaulle for our flight to Paris. Fortunately it is Sunday and traffic will be, and it was, light.
Check in went sort of well.....some of us had checked luggage and others were doing carry-on. Thing is, the French  are VERY sticky about carry-on size and weight.  Soon the carryon girls were passing items to the checked girls in an effort to lighten their load.!!!!! It all worked out in the end.  When we got to our gate we discovered one coffee kiosk and a very long line up! Finally after ordering coffee and crossiants  we were on our way. It was a full flight and pilots came on to warn of turbulence. I was feeling quite nauseous and started to search for a barf bag! It was not needed and we landed in Florence just after 12 noon.
Joanie (travel master extraordinaire) had arranged a car to pick us up.  We were met with a hand lettered sign On the arrivals level by Junko.....he said we could call him Jack!  He turned out to be a very personable and chatty guy, he talked non stop about his impending wedding, his diet, his city, which he clearly loves.  We all quite enjoyed him and were happy to hear he will be our driver tomorrow when we venture out to the countryside.
We were early for our hotel checkin so walked out for some lunch. Lunch was a variety of italian appies and a bottle of wine.  Next it was back to the hotel to settle in and then meet our guide for 3:30 pm. We toured the Uffizi Gallery and the Vasari Corridor. The Uffizi is one of the largest galleries in the world and the Vasaro Corridor is a lesser known site that we were fortunate to find out about and book a tour. It leads out of the Uffizi and is a corridor lined with portraits, it was built by the Medicis, to take them from their place of work to their palace, it is just over a kilometre long. A tour of the corridor must be booked in advance, is $120.canadian per person. We were 7 persons and were joined by another 3, so 10 in all, the number of persons is limited to small groups at a set time. While there with our guide, we had a security guard in front and one behind who followed alone with us to open locked doors and relock them behind us. We were able to take photos of all that we wanted. The corridor goes over top of the famous Pont Vecchio bridge. It was interesting to look down at the people walking over the bridge from the windows.  As you near the end of the corridor the portraits become more modern as the years advance.   We ended the tour and walked across the bridge at street level back to our hotel. It was quite a full and tiring day. We had about an hour and a bit before dinner.
A  few bottles were bought at a wine store and we had a toast to our day and went out for dinner. The restaurant we were booked At was closed so we crossed the street and chose another. We ordered an assortment of small plates to share family style and a nice wine. It was all delicious! Bruschetta , eggplant, ravioli, white beans, mixed vegs, charcuterie, some lard fried on bread, (not particularly liked) typical italian fare, along with bread that rivals the French and sublime olive oil.
The day was starting to catch up on us and we have another full day tomorrow. It was a short and pleasant walk back to our hotel.  The area we are in is mainly pedestrian with only taxi's, police cars and service vehicles allowed, lots of wine, shoe, clothing, purse shops to view!
Maybe there will be time tomorrow..........
We are all in love with Italy !!!

Saturday, January 24, 2015

Free Day in Paris!!

Today, our last full day in Paris, was an unplanned free day. Joanie and Sandy took the train to Chartes, which is about an hour outside of Paris to see a very famous cathedral. They were off by 10am.  Jan's plan was to spend the day with a vancouver friend who now lives in Paris. The rest of us opted to go shopping.
After a leisurely breakfast we left the hotel about 11. We walked to the metro station, successfully bought a book of 10 tickets and descended into the bowels of Paris.
We saw the light of day again right outside the Galleries Laffeyette. The first department store in Paris built by the Hauseman family.  The building itself is worthy of a tourist stop. Of course at the moment the Paris winter sales are on and prices on all but the new spring collections are slashed up to 70%.......a real  girls dream!!! Marion and I bought gifts for our daughters. The store has a large dome which is open to all floors, it is quite magnificent with painted murals and lots of stained glass.
We had a good look at the sales and the new collections and went to the store Cafe for lunch. Afterwards we took the escalator to the 6th floor and discovered a large rooftop deck where you could look out over surrounding Paris, the opera house, Effiel tower, the arc de triumph and more landmarks. We took a few photos but soon  the cold wind sent us back inside the store.
We were feeling fortunate that we had seen no rain as it had rained through the night.
Having seen enough we descended into the metro and made our way back to  rue San Antoine, where we wandered the shops once more, bought a few scarves, and other items.
Then as happens, even the shoppers get weary and we made our way back to our hotel.
Today is Joan's birthday and we are off to a special restaurant for dinner and champers!
Pre dinner drinks were served in the room of Sandy and Muriel and at just after seven we walked out to our restaurant. It was one that Joanie and Graeme had enjoyed on a previous trip.
The restaurant was quite empty when we artived but that was not to last.  A lovely young girl came to serve us and as the menu was in French we had a little difficulty with some items. She explained as best she could and we were pretty sure we knew what was what! Various items were ordered and mostly were what was expected.....not so with all! Some of us had ordered a starter of chestnut soup....very delicious, some had ordered calamari, which were tasty but appeared on first look to resemble onion rings! The main meals were presented and Sandy got a look of great puzzlement on her face.....she believed she had ordered ️️moules, her plate did not resemble anything like it! When she inquired as to what was on her plate ....it was marrow! The server when explaining the dish had tapped her forearm and we all thought she was miming muscles.....or ️moules (what North Americans call mussels!) sandy decided she could not begin to eat that and it was taken away, instead she received a new meal more to her liking. (She is fast asleep as I write this so cannot remind me of her meal!)
We consumed a couple of bottles of wine and were feeling quite stuffed when the server brought out a birthday cake with candles and a bucket with a bottle of champagne !  Much surprise to all of us, Joan's husband Dave, who was back home in North vancouver had arranged with the restaurant to treat us all. Joan said that explained why he wanted such a detailed itinerary of her trip! Good one Dave!!   A very hearty happy birthday was sung to Joan.
It was a short walk back to our hotel with a little detour to look at a nearby park. On arrival we took care of the hotel bills and confirmed our morning pick up for our flight to Florence .
Look out Italy............here we come!

Friday, January 23, 2015

L'Orangerie and the Louve

Today we decided to forgo breakfast in our hotel and enjoy a coffee and pastry at a patisserie on our way to the galleries. We had a variety of delights, pomme tart, pain chocolat, crossiants, and all were delicious. The shop did not want to do separate bills, (can't  really blame them!) and we ended up just dividing by seven!
The temperature was frigid! It was a longish walk to the Tullieries, we came upon the bridge which was full of locks.....something the French government is discouraging as we have heard the weight of the thousands of locks is compromising the integrity of the bridge structure.
There are not too many people about, which I attribute to the cold weather, the metro will be busy though.
We are noticing a surprising lack of police everywhere we go, which was something  we did not expect, in light of recent events, life seems to be going on as per usual.
 In Paris you obey the walk and don't walk signs, the traffic is fast, and if it is the cars turn to go you better not be in the way!
We walk through the Tullieries garden, bare branched trees against a blue grey sky, a clear view of the Ferris wheel can be seen down the path by the l'Orangerie which will be our first stop.
It is nice to enter the warmth of the gallery, purchase our tickets and enter the specially built oval room where Monet's water lilies live. There are four massive canvas' composed of many panels, each depicting a different time of day. We sit on the benches in the middle of the room and study in awe, then we move in closer and study detail. What masterpieces!!!! It is really great to have Judy's vast knowledge and explanations of the works we are seeing.
After we have drunk our fill we go down to the lower floor and view many more artists, Matisse, Picasso, Serat, Renoir, Cesanne, and others I cannot remember. Sensory overload!
It was my first visit to this gallery and I was surprised to find it as comprehensive as it was.
We left after a good long visit, walked back through the gardens where we saw two police mounted on horses, and made our way to the Louve.
The Louve was much busier with both tourists/visitors, and bonus we were again out of the cold. We spent some time on our own then joined a tour group for 1 1/2 hours and were taken to the decorative arts, the private apartments of Napoleon and to several important major works of art, including the Mona Lisa.
By five in the afternoon we were all ready for some vino and fresh air outside, and we made our way back to our hotel, picking up Prosecco, wine, bread, cheese, olives, fruit, macaroons, and chocolate. We were too tired to venture out for dinner so enjoyed a feast spread out on two beds in one of the rooms. We discussed our day, told a few funny stories and talked of plans for tomorrow. It is Joans birthday and we have a special dinner planned.
Another wonderful day in Paris!!!!!

Thursday, January 22, 2015

Day Two continued............

On returning from the museums this afternoon we all went to our rooms for a short rest or met in one room for wine, pate, cheese and heavenly french bread......one should only eat white bread when near a bakery in France!!!!! Sandy, Judy, Joan, Marion and myself chose to partake in the aforementioned while Joanie and Jan had a nap in their room. The front desk had a Mixup and they resold jan and Joanie's room, which resulted in a rude awakening for them when a strange man entered their room! Who was more shocked.....them or him!!!!!

Our dinner reservation at Trumilou, I had arranged for 8:30.  Our friendly receptionist fellow gave us a map and  walking directions and we were off!
Darkness and cold met us right out of the gate!  We are getting quite good at finding our way around and within 10 minutes we had arrived. Our waiter greeted us, Bonjour Madames, and showed us to our table. The restaurant was quite full and soon would fill up completely.....so the Internet recommendations were good! We took it as a good sign that the menu Was entirely in French! There were only two items we could not figure out.
Wine and food were ordered and we were happily discussing our day and Art, of course! Soon the selfie stick came out and hilarity ensued!!!!!!!!
It was after 11pm when we left the restaurant for the walk home. On arrival we all met in Joanie and Jans room for wine and Jim jabs, supplied by Joan., odd combo!
Lively Conversation flows, on many subjects, we never seem to run out of topics......which shall remain nameless! At about 1am we packed it in for the night and all retired to our rooms......nine am we will meet and do it all over again, at the orangerie and the Louvre, another full day.

Nite ️xo

Paris day two

We went off to sleep last night sans luggage which meant no Advil pm to help us sleep the night through! Jet lag considered the night was pretty good in really lovely beds. The room leaves us no space to turn around but the bedding is superb!
Our luggage had  arrived  at 1am so Sandy went down and collected it so we could finally wash and brush our teeth!
We all met downstairs for breakfast, which was coffee only the French can do! Crossiants, only the French can do, and ham, prosciutto, eggs and fruit.very well enjoyed by all of us.
Next we were off to our fabourite museum the d'orsay.
The hotel reception gave us directions to the metro just a short walk to tthe Bastille and down we went.
Ticket purchase was a gong show as we ended up paying for  30 and received 19! The attendant had no authority to reimburse us but gave us the info to do so.
Without further mishap we got to the museum and spent the better part of the day oohing and awing at the impressionists. It was wonderful to have Judy and her knowledge as we took it all in.
We stopped about noon for a coffee then viewed more art. After we left the d'orsay we stopped for dome lunch at a small bistro.....quite mediocre unfortunately !
Late in the afternoon we walked to the Rodin sculpture garden, the house of Rodin was closed for renovation but the garden although cold was Interesting. Winter in Paris is beautiful, the leaves are gone from the trees and the branches make a gorgeous pattern on the blue sky. The crowds are almost non existent. We had fun posing ourselves in the position of "the thinker" underneath the statue itself. Inside we viewed lots of pieces of plaster images, the kiss and other images, many which were dark and disturbing.
Heading out for dinner so will continue later......au revoir!

Wednesday, January 21, 2015

Arrived in Paris .....Jan 21st

The adventure begins, two of the girls, Marion and Joan arrived in Paris via the Chunnel from London a few hours before the rest of us; Joanie, Jan, Judy, Sandy and me arrived from London via CDG. It was at rush hour but we managed to get a cab big enough for the 5 of us.
Of course as we feared we were missing luggage for Joanie , Sandy and myself .
The cab ride was tame by standards anywhere, although one wonders how many motorcycle fatalities there are in a day !  Absolutely crazy driving between cars and zipping in and out of the traffic. Our cab fare was 70 Euros including tip, very fair.
Our rooms at the Hotel Castex on rue castex are teeny tiny with little beds taking up most of the room. This I have found to be common in Europe for 3stars. The bathroom is pristine and we have a couple of toothbrushes to tide us over until our bags arrive.
We meet in one of the rooms for a bottle of Prosecco and cheers, selfie pictures and chatter. The hotel recommended a bistro down the street for dinner so we walked out. The streets are quiet, people are going about their business as usual.  When we arrived off the plane in Paris we were met by 3police who were checking passports, then we saw four guys in army fatigues carrying very heavy looking guns. Other that those incidents things are calm.......tomorrow we will cross the Seine and visit the Musee d'Orsay, Rodin and possibly the Cluny.
We are now in for the night, midnight and still no luggage!
Bon Nuit!


Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Packing my case and checking it twice

Tonight the painting girls are off to Paris, Florence, Rome, and then London for me!
I plan to blog about our days.......stay tuned.❤️🎨
Muriel