Sunday, July 18, 2010

Friends from Portugal Visit




We have had visitors from Portugal (and the USA) visiting. Bob Knight (USC), Constanca Paul (University of Porto) and Oscar Ribeiro (University of Aveiro).

Monday, July 12, 2010

Mom's 75th Birthday present from Venice

This is the beautiful bracelet we bought in Venice for Mom for her 75th birthday.

Monday, July 05, 2010

Our Travels in Italy


After our time in the Lake District (near Trento on this map) we then traveled to Milan, where we based ourselves. We took day trips to Venice, Lake Como and Florence, and spent the rest of the time exploring Milan. This, our first day in Milan, was made memorable by our dinner, where we sampled the specialty dish of Milan, Ossobuco.

Sunday, July 04, 2010

Birding and Ice Cream






On our last day in Riva we visited our favorite ice cream shop (conveniently located right next to our hotel) and then took a birding walk through a small forest on the cliffs overlooking the lake and the next towns on the lake. I had chocolate "spaghetti" ice cream with a chocolate cookie - yum.