I figured Zadar was a sleepy little port with two restaurants and a quaint old town area and that’s the ballgame.  I was way off.  It’s a party town with a bazillion restaurants and flashing lights and people selling things, etc, etc.  And if I hadn’t spent all day walking through an amazing forest with […]

Wednesday was spent mostly at the Uffizi.  No, that’s a lie, but we spent a lot of time there.  Including waiting in a long, slow line.  Apparently you really should take everyone’s advice and book early to cut down on waits.  We did not. We waited in a line.  But there was good company, so […]

This post has been really hard to write. Mostly because I’ve been busy and there hasn’t been successful internet connections, but also because it was just hard to write about.  Because Cinque Terre is amazing, and because it was very nearly a terrible day. It started off bad.  We woke up early to move our […]

San Gimignano is known for its towers.  My cursory read of its Wikipedia page suggests that two rival families started building towers, which led to more towers, which led to more towers, until someone stepped in and was all like “Fratelli, enough with the towers, okay?” Note- I’m pretty sure I kept taking pics of […]

First and foremost, I’d like to thank my sister for bugging me while I’m trying to remember all the cool things I did today.  So, thanks, Tracy. So!  Today we spent WINEding around Chianti!  Get it!?!  Because the roads are all curvy and they ferment grapes!!  Whew, Sutton’s on a roll.  Point being, we drove […]

You guys.  I’m a day late, because apparently hanging out in Tuscany is cooler than just writing about hanging out in Tuscany.  So there we go. Did I mention we rented a car?  We did.  That’s given us the flexibility to just kinda do whatevertf we feel like doing, which has been awesome.  Anyhow, what’s […]