It's In Italy
The next adventure ... This time I'm off to Italy, again planning to live there for 2-3 years. Italy, like China, has a long history. So it seemed appropriate to include this picture as the title picture. It's a shot of a high wall at the Arena in the city of Verona. The Arena is a 2,000 year old Roman stone structure that is still used today to show opera in the summer evenings to crowds of up to 20,000 people. And the title "It's in Italy"? What is? Well, firstly, I am ... and I'm sure something else that I've yet to discover will be there too. It will, I'm sure of it. OK, on with the story ...
Planned Dates
Sep 26, 2014 to Jul 20, 2016
Countries
12
Trip Map
Trip Entries
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Waiting, waiting, waiting (5 hour stopover)
Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Moscow, Central Russia, Russian Federation -
2
Flight from Moscow to Milano, Italy
Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Milan, Lombardy, Italy -
3
Home, sweet home (My new Italian one)
Thursday, September 25, 2014
Monza, Lombardy, Italy -
4
Visit to the Milano Prefettura - Via Servio Tullio
Wednesday, October 01, 2014
Milan, Lombardy, Italy -
5
Weekend Away (as a birthday treat)
Saturday, October 04, 2014
Mandello del Lario, Lombardy, Italy -
6
Back home again by train after ...
Sunday, October 05, 2014
Monza, Lombardy, Italy -
7
Picky – Panettone or Pandoro?
Thursday, November 27, 2014
Monza, Lombardy, Italy -
8
Individuals Intimate In Italian
Sunday, November 30, 2014
Monza, Lombardy, Italy -
9
Lets Learn the Language!
Tuesday, December 02, 2014
Monza, Lombardy, Italy -
10
Countries’ Corrupt Changes
Wednesday, December 03, 2014
Monza, Lombardy, Italy -
11
Train Timetables & Tickets
Thursday, December 04, 2014
Monza, Lombardy, Italy -
12
Short 2 night trip away with friends
Saturday, December 06, 2014
Verona, Veneto, Italy -
13
Back home
Monday, December 08, 2014
Monza, Lombardy, Italy -
14
Pacifying Pre-schooler Piece
Thursday, December 11, 2014
Monza, Lombardy, Italy -
15
Total Tax Take
Thursday, December 11, 2014
Monza, Lombardy, Italy -
16
Foggy Frost eFfects
Thursday, December 11, 2014
Monza, Lombardy, Italy -
17
Language Learning Lessons
Friday, December 12, 2014
Monza, Lombardy, Italy -
18
Dud Dining Date (ok, time)
Saturday, December 13, 2014
Monza, Lombardy, Italy -
19
Privy Pipe unPlugging
Saturday, December 13, 2014
Monza, Lombardy, Italy -
20
Coffee, Coffee, Coffee
Saturday, December 13, 2014
Monza, Lombardy, Italy -
21
Central Street Skating
Saturday, December 13, 2014
Monza, Lombardy, Italy -
22
Strike Out Squash
Sunday, December 14, 2014
Monza, Lombardy, Italy -
23
Castle Charges Calculations
Monday, December 15, 2014
Monza, Lombardy, Italy -
24
Making Melodious Music (Not Me!)
Tuesday, December 16, 2014
Monza, Lombardy, Italy -
25
Laundering Lovely Lolly
Wednesday, December 17, 2014
Monza, Lombardy, Italy -
26
Fingerprinting a Funny Foreigner
Wednesday, December 17, 2014
Monza, Lombardy, Italy -
27
World Festivals + a Challenge
Wednesday, December 17, 2014
Monza, Lombardy, Italy -
28
Email, email, email
Friday, December 19, 2014
Monza, Lombardy, Italy -
29
Happy Health Card, 'Halmost
Friday, December 19, 2014
Monza, Lombardy, Italy -
30
Pasta, Pasto, Pesto
Friday, December 19, 2014
Monza, Lombardy, Italy -
31
Day trip with family
Tuesday, December 23, 2014
Varenna, Lombardy, Italy -
32
Back home
Tuesday, December 23, 2014
Monza, Lombardy, Italy -
33
Short, cold, daytrip
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Bergamo, Lombardy, Italy -
34
Back home to the warmth
Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Monza, Lombardy, Italy -
35
Heading home
Sunday, January 04, 2015
Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland -
36
Back home again
Sunday, January 04, 2015
Monza, Lombardy, Italy -
37
Short day trip
Saturday, January 31, 2015
Pavia, Lombardy, Italy -
38
Back home
Saturday, January 31, 2015
Monza, Lombardy, Italy -
39
Mini Mountain Marching (OK, walking)
Sunday, March 15, 2015
Pigra, Lombardy, Italy -
40
Moving Monza Movie
Friday, March 20, 2015
Monza, Lombardy, Italy -
41
Easing into Easter
Friday, April 03, 2015
Monza, Lombardy, Italy -
42
Bare Beaches - NOT!
Friday, April 03, 2015
Varazze, Italian Riviera, Italy -
43
Two Days in Varazze
Monday, April 06, 2015
Varazze, Italian Riviera, Italy -
44
Heading back home with a few hours in Genova
Monday, April 06, 2015
Genoa, Italian Riviera, Italy -
45
Back home
Monday, April 06, 2015
Monza, Lombardy, Italy -
46
Extracting Essentials (or not) Easily
Friday, April 10, 2015
Monza, Lombardy, Italy -
47
Locarno, Switzerland for a rainy Saturday
Saturday, April 25, 2015
Locarno, Swiss Alps, Switzerland -
48
Back home again
Sunday, April 26, 2015
Monza, Lombardy, Italy -
49
Agriculture Show
Friday, May 01, 2015
Erba, Lombardy, Italy -
50
Home again
Friday, May 01, 2015
Monza, Lombardy, Italy -
51
Crossing Crash Casualty
Thursday, July 02, 2015
Monza, Lombardy, Italy -
52
Good-for-you Gelati
Thursday, July 02, 2015
Monza, Lombardy, Italy -
53
Eco Electricity Engineering
Thursday, July 02, 2015
Monza, Lombardy, Italy -
54
It's HOT!
Monday, July 06, 2015
Monza, Lombardy, Italy -
55
Cops Clean-up (street) Conflicts
Wednesday, July 08, 2015
Monza, Lombardy, Italy -
56
Ex-Politician’s Power Prevails
Thursday, July 09, 2015
Monza, Lombardy, Italy -
57
School expansions Slide (in)
Friday, July 10, 2015
Monza, Lombardy, Italy -
58
Polished Passport Processing
Monday, July 13, 2015
Monza, Lombardy, Italy -
59
Big Bold Beach (in Milano?)
Tuesday, July 14, 2015
Monza, Lombardy, Italy -
60
Before leaving for Summer Holidays
Thursday, August 06, 2015
Monza, Lombardy, Italy -
61
After first train from Monza to Milano
Thursday, August 06, 2015
Milan, Lombardy, Italy -
62
After second train of the day
Thursday, August 06, 2015
Brig, Swiss Alps, Switzerland -
63
After the third train of the day
Thursday, August 06, 2015
Martigny, Swiss Alps, Switzerland -
64
After the fourth train of the day
Thursday, August 06, 2015
Vallorcine, Rhône-Alpes, France -
65
After Fifth train of the day, arrived!
Thursday, August 06, 2015
Chamonix, Rhône-Alpes, France -
66
After Chamonix I joined friends in Sixt-Fer-a-...
Saturday, August 08, 2015
Sixt-Fer-a-Cheval, Rhône-Alpes, France -
67
Friends drove me to Geneva
Tuesday, August 11, 2015
Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland -
68
After the first train today
Tuesday, August 11, 2015
Milan, Lombardy, Italy -
69
After second train today - I'm home!
Tuesday, August 11, 2015
Monza, Lombardy, Italy -
70
I'm about to start my second summer holiday week
Thursday, August 13, 2015
Monza, Lombardy, Italy -
71
Caught a train to Milano Centrale
Thursday, August 13, 2015
Milan, Lombardy, Italy -
72
Train to Ancona
Thursday, August 13, 2015
Ancona, Marche, Italy -
73
SNAV Aurelia Ferry to Croatia
Thursday, August 13, 2015
Split, Croatia -
74
Bus to Bosnia (Brief stop)
Saturday, August 15, 2015
Neum, Bosnia and Herzegovina -
75
Bus second half of trip to Montenegro
Saturday, August 15, 2015
Kotor, Kotor, Montenegro -
76
Early start to the airport
Saturday, August 22, 2015
Tivat, Serbia and Montenegro -
77
Flight #1 today with Air Serbia
Saturday, August 22, 2015
Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro -
78
Flight #2 today (Alitalia)
Saturday, August 22, 2015
Rome, Lazio, Italy -
79
Flight #3 today to Milano-Melpensa
Saturday, August 22, 2015
Milan, Lombardy, Italy -
80
Train #2 today into Milano Porta Garibaldi Station
Saturday, August 22, 2015
Milan, Lombardy, Italy -
81
Back home on train #2 today
Saturday, August 22, 2015
Monza, Lombardy, Italy -
82
Off to Venice again, to meet NZ friends L and P
Friday, September 18, 2015
Venice, Veneto, Italy -
83
Back from Venice again
Sunday, September 20, 2015
Monza, Lombardy, Italy -
84
Firm Food Followings (I.e. Eat like this!)
Thursday, October 22, 2015
Monza, Lombardy, Italy -
85
A quick trip south
Saturday, October 24, 2015
Rome, Lazio, Italy -
86
Heading further south
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Naples, Campania, Italy -
87
To stay for 3 nights
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Salerno, Campania, Italy -
88
To look at the old city & Mt. Vesuvius
Friday, October 30, 2015
Pompei, Campania, Italy -
89
Back from Pompeii
Friday, October 30, 2015
Salerno, Campania, Italy -
90
Drop the rental car back, catch the train to ...
Saturday, October 31, 2015
Naples, Campania, Italy -
91
Back home again
Saturday, October 31, 2015
Monza, Lombardy, Italy -
92
To spend Christmas with Son #1
Wednesday, December 23, 2015
London, England, United Kingdom -
93
First visit to Paris
Wednesday, December 30, 2015
Paris, Île-de-France, France -
94
Off to the mountains for some skiing
Saturday, February 20, 2016
Aosta, Valle d'Aosta, Italy -
95
Back home again
Thursday, February 25, 2016
Monza, Lombardy, Italy -
96
Off for Easter in the mountains, sort of
Saturday, March 26, 2016
Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy -
97
Day trip to Austria, as you do
Sunday, March 27, 2016
Innsbruck, Austrian Alps, Austria -
98
Back to Trento again
Sunday, March 27, 2016
Trento, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy -
99
Off to spend a night in a castle
Monday, March 28, 2016
Pergine Valsugana, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy -
100
Easter over, back home
Tuesday, March 29, 2016
Monza, Lombardy, Italy -
101
Florence (Firenze) Trip 2
Friday, April 22, 2016
Florence, Tuscany, Italy -
102
Side trip from Florence to Siena
Sunday, April 24, 2016
Siena, Tuscany, Italy -
103
And back to Florence
Sunday, April 24, 2016
Florence, Tuscany, Italy -
104
And back to Monza (today was a holiday)
Monday, April 25, 2016
Monza, Lombardy, Italy -
105
Second visit there
Sunday, May 15, 2016
Rome, Lazio, Italy -
106
Third visit
Tuesday, May 17, 2016
Florence, Tuscany, Italy -
107
FIRST visit here!
Thursday, May 19, 2016
Pisa, Tuscany, Italy -
108
Back again
Thursday, May 19, 2016
Florence, Tuscany, Italy -
109
And back
Friday, May 20, 2016
Monza, Lombardy, Italy -
110
Third (or fourth?) time here
Friday, May 20, 2016
Venice, Veneto, Italy -
111
Back home
Sunday, May 22, 2016
Monza, Lombardy, Italy -
112
To visit Lake Como
Tuesday, May 24, 2016
Mandello del Lario, Lombardy, Italy -
113
Back home
Tuesday, May 24, 2016
Monza, Lombardy, Italy -
114
To visit Chinatown, Sempione Park / Castle ...
Friday, May 27, 2016
Milan, Lombardy, Italy -
115
Back home
Friday, May 27, 2016
Monza, Lombardy, Italy -
116
Male gender language bias
Friday, June 24, 2016
Monza, Lombardy, Italy -
117
Short stopover on the way to Berlin
Wednesday, July 13, 2016
Munich, Bavaria, Germany -
118
A short visit
Wednesday, July 13, 2016
Berlin, Germany -
119
Quick day trip to look at Miniatur Wunderland
Thursday, July 14, 2016
Hamburg, Germany -
120
Back to Berlin
Thursday, July 14, 2016
Berlin, Germany -
121
Short stopover on the way back home
Sunday, July 17, 2016
Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany -
122
Back home
Sunday, July 17, 2016
Monza, Lombardy, Italy