Monthly Archives: March 2010

None of us slept very well, but at least it’s morning.  Our little guest house stirs with people in the dining area and we join them for breakfast of  cappucino, cocoapuffs with boxed milk and sliced salami on hard rolls.  Ca’riccio is a 7-room guest house that’s very adequate, if simple.   In high season … Continue reading »

Pics from our first day in Venice.   Most photo’s are by Trisha Creekmore, the talented wife and mother of this family.

We always fly coach. But this was a grade below that. The four of us lurch around in the tail of the plane, in earshot (and smellshot) of the sloshing toilet water. The air blows so cold and dry that Trish gets a sore throat, Emma a nosebleed and me, a cracked lip. As we … Continue reading »

If there is such a thing as an accidental vacation, this would be it. Last September I was browsing frequent flyer tickets and saw that we could get 4 tickets to Rome from DC using only 200,000 miles on American Airlines.  The timing with the kids spring break was perfect.   So I booked it. … Continue reading »