Armonia Make-Overs!
Monday, February 22, 2008

If you ever need your hair done in Florence,
we know the place to go! Armonia is a large
salon right next to the main square in Florence,

Boboli Gardens
February 19, 2008

On a beautiful sunny day, we took in more
of Florence as we leisurely crossed the
famous Ponte Vecchio 

David, DaVinci, Music & More
February 17, 2008

For over 500 years people have been admiring
Michelangelo’s magnificent David, one of
art-history’s greatest

 

The Uffitzi
February 15, 2008

Mozart was very happy to see some of her
favorite paintings in the Uffitzi Gallery in
Florence! The spectacular Uffizi is the

Holiday Letter: Spain 2007
February 13, 2008

Dear family and friends,

As you can tell by our 2007 blog, it has been
another very exciting year of travel for us!

Michelangelo, Medici, More
February 11, 2008

Most of the important developments in western art, science, literature and architecture took root and flourished in Florence during the renaissance,

Snow in Florence!
February 9, 2008

We could not believe it was snowing in Florence in October! We had left sunny Vienna and headed south, expecting more warmth, so we were stunned when the snow started pouring down as we approached

Romeo & Juliet in Verona
February 7, 2008

“O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?” Mozart read Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet as we drove from Graz, Austria, through Slovenia once again, towards Verona, Italy.

Sumptuous Schonbrunn
February 5, 2008

In 1762, six-year-old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart played his very first concert before Empress Maria Teresa  in the Hapsburg’s Schonbrunn palace, Vienna’s homage to Versailles.

Vienna, A Little Night Music
February 1, 2008

In the city where Beethoven, Mozart, Brahms, Haydn and Schubert lived and worked, how could we miss experiencing some of the fantastic music and musicianship of Vienna?