Author Archives: Judith Wencel

L took Mark to the airport at 5:00 AM. It was sad to see him go. I didn’t mind coming early a few days because he was headed over to join me soon – but having him leave earlier was a little weird. 🙂 It was seriously cloudy, and raining off and on, but weContinue reading “Oct 12, 2014 – Lugano, Monte Bre, Villa d’Este”

Grabbed a cappuccino from Fumagalli with Gretch then ran errands (stopped by goat cheese place then on to Leroy Merlin aka Home Depot), then home for lunch. Sun peeked out late afternoon so we took lots of pics then hopped in the cars and drove to Montevecchia. Gorgeous. Had some gelato and sat on theContinue reading “Oct 11, 2014 – Montevecchia”

Train to Milan, walked down Garibaldi to Obika for lunch (fabulous pizza! And I loved my 2 kinds of mozzarella, veggies and salad). Walked to Brera (art museum and area around it) and La Scala, through the Galleria to Duomo. George & I then took a taxi to Gretchen’s apt, where I had a chatContinue reading “Oct 10, 2014 – Afternoon in Milan”

There was some excitement about a shower not draining but other than that the day was pretty calm. 🙂 When Terri and Mark arrived from Malpensa around 12:30 we had some soup Mark had made from the leftover chicken broth and a pre-cut veggies/greens mix we had picked up at Rex Market. We caught upContinue reading “Oct 9, 2014 – Arrivals, Day Mostly In”

Denisons dp 5 AM for home (Nashville) We drove with the Wilsons to Merate, missed 11:31 train and hung out with a cappuccino at the bar waiting for 12:31. Decided not enough time to go to Obika, found a spot near the train station for a bite of lunch that was much better than expected!Continue reading “Oct 8, 2014 – Good-byes, Hellos, Travel Adventures”