To take a brief break from the round-the-world trip report: the convoluted Amazing Race promotion starts today. It seems extremely complicated to earn anything with it, but as any promotion where you MIGHT fly Air Canada or other airlines (assumably,…
So after two solid, busy days in Singapore, it was time to head on to our next stop – Japan. But since our flight was after midnight, we took the opportunity to go explore night Singapore, including the laser show…
After the amusement of the previous day, we decided to change gears and do something different. Rather than see sites, sights and various history, I figured hey – the Singapore Zoo is a pretty famous place, why not check it…
A peculiar thing happened overnight. We were exhausted, and the boy fell asleep at a surprisingly acceptable time – around 10pm, which, considering jetlag and so on, was only “morning” from whence we came. So it surprised us, but we…
We have finally arrived. As I wrote in my earlier post, it was a bit of a rough ride on the way in, but it settled down and things got better. As we walked out of the terminal, I was…
This is a running commentary on our round-the-world trip. For other parts of the narrative, please see all posts under this tag: [ Trip Reports ] —————————————————————————————————————– Next stop on our round-the-world trip: Singapore. To get there from Bologna, we…
The next day, we headed on to Florence, probably the most important city in Italy, considering its influence on history, art and fashion since its founding in 80BC. Home to Ponte Vecchio, the Florence Cathedral, numerous local shops and artisans,…
San Gimignano is another one of these small Italian medieval cities that are famous for one thing or another. In its case, it is known as “The Town of Fine Towers“, for the reason that the noble families of this…
Siena is the capital of the province of Siena (which doesn’t help very much), but is the city that can be seen in the background of the Val d’Orcia pictures. It is a magnificent antique city in the middle of…
I have written a lot about hotels, lounges and premium cabins, but, maybe somewhat contrary to my post on the Savoy, not *all* travel (and travel reporting) *has* to be about these, ultimately, tools of the traveler. Sometimes, it’s worth…