Reading and Roaming
This morning the Chief Penguin and I had a guided tour of some of the architecture of the Fascist period in Rome, ranging from a post office to train stations to the grand buildings of the EUR area. This is architecture from Benito Mussolini’s time in power, roughly 1922 to 1942. Our guide, Liz, a transplanted …
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SPECIAL DINNER AT LA BELLE DEMEURE On our last night with Richard and Philippe, they served us a marvelous dinner on the terrace. We began with Philippe’s homemade walnut wine as an aperitif. First course was a delicate medallion of foie gras terrine with some homemade onion jam. This was followed by a beef daube along with …
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We were on our own our last full day in Dublin and mostly wandered around. We checked out the very complete Dubray bookshop, had a lovely wine, cheese and charcuterie lunch, spent some more time in a very populated St. Stephen’s Green Park, and then topped it all off with a superb dinner at Pichet. …
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We met friends in Savannah and enjoyed four days of exploring this very walkable city. It is one of the most pedestrian-friendly small cities I’ve ever visited. Our hotel in the historic district was centrally located between the river to the north and Forsyth Park to the south. Neither was more than a 15 to 20-minute walk and …
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