Doug snapped another quick video earlier in the week when he took a small tour group to see the Coliseum and grab some lunch. Imagine having something delicious while sitting next to one of the wonders of the ancient world?
It really is one of the neatest things about Italy–the seamless melding of the ancient with the modern world.
Doug stopped while taking a small private group through Florence to snap this quick video of the piazza in front of the Dominican beauty that is Santa Maria Novella. One of the best parts of seeing Italy’s wonders in person: how the old is preserved but blended seamlessly with the new. There are no aluminum siding building, no tacky billboards, just people going about their daily business next to the 600 year old facade and keeping the modern and the classic in harmony without missing a beat.
Doug’s leading a private tour in Rome this week and he shot me some videos he took on the fly. Fall is a *lovely* time to be in Italy, and Piazza Navona was bustling today! It really is my favorite spot in Roma. Look forward to going again!
…so the post pace here has been slow. But we’re planning fall trips now! Have a great, very cost effective opportunity for those that can travel in October and November. Inquire within!
If you subscribe to Snooth, you’ll get to read Greg del Piaz’s writeups on Italian wine (and like me, he loves the Nebbiolo…but I gather his tasting budget exceeds that of most everyday red wine drinkers). They’re great, concise, and approachable reads, in which he avoids using a lot of the wine snootery and silly jargon many who are curious about wine find intimidating and indecipherable, and actually makes fun of that stuff, which I always enjoy reading. (No, I don’t know why you’d think a “structured, serious wine that has hints of stalky leatheriness, rare wildflower pollen and Andes mountain grass” would be appealing or something you could relate to either).
Apparently there are some really good vintages tasting right now; we’d be happy to help you arrange tours in the Piemonte and elsewhere–experience old world wines where they’re made!
Sawyer wanted nothing to do with anyone helping her hold on–I can do it my big self! She was fond of noting how high up she was!
Mommy, grandma, and I are going to be so nervous when we take baby to Venice for the first time, she’s such a little daredevil. Part of the challenge of parenting: letting baby have adventure without letting her get herself into too much trouble.
Raphael’s eye doesn’t just create magic on paper, it captures it via a cell phone camera. Some great shots of the scenery to be had around Sassi Italy Tours world headquarters.
In addition to Raphael’s drawing in Italy and sculpture in Italy seminars, we can offer direction for photographers looking for amazing aesthetic opportunities well off the beaten path in Italy.
Reward after a long hike, sore muscles, sore feet, and tired lungs? Seeing the melting snow result in this magical little spot. Calming.
Those out of the way places, finding them makes life so much more livable.
Interesting. They’re two different languages and clearly describe differing products, so as much as I’m sympathetic to the Italians’ need to protect the integrity of their product and it’s naming convention, the Croatians seem to have a legitimate case as well.
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