Entries by H.A. Schiavone

More of Italy, 2012

My eyes popped open at 5:00 AM! What in the world?? I am typically NOT an early bird so I tried to go back to sleep . . . but I finally gave up. Today (Tuesday) was a travel day so the morning consisted of packing, breakfast, and check-out. I was sorry to leave Lezzeno. […]

Rainy Day – Perfect For Relaxing

I don’t even know what day it is! Or what time it is! Today was overcast and we had a little refreshing rain in the afternoon. The air smells sweet, like flowers. I opted to stay in my room and catch up a little on emails, bills and laundry and enjoy the view of the […]

Villa del Balbianello

I love, love, love Italy! As I am writing this post, it is Sunday evening and the little town of Lezzeno is gearing up for the big championship soccer match between Spain and Italy. I am going to go downstairs and hang-out with the locals as they cheer for their team.  It should be exciting! […]

Dizzy!

Maximilian earned his keep today. So after a fit-full sleep (since my room was without air conditioning and it was hot . . . ) we had breakfast and packed up.  Before we left Switzerland, Stan said we had to make one very important stop. We HAD to buy some Swiss chocolate! Yay! We walked to […]

Interlaken, Switzerland

We had such a great day today! We had breakfast at the hotel, checked out, loaded up and headed out.  We did not explore the city of Lucerne at all.  It was really just a resting place in our travels and we were anxious to get to the next destination. On the road we headed […]

Goodbye Austria, Hello Switzerland

This morning (Thursday) before leaving the hotel I decided to go downstairs and have breakfast in the little bistro / bakery adjacent to our hotel.  The place is owned and operated by a lovely couple and the wife is the baker / chef. What struck me is how calm and peaceful the dining experience was. […]

Innsbruck, Austria

Hello from Innsbruck!   Stan started off his day with a trip to the eye doctor.  His eye has been bothering him for a few days so today he finally decided to have it checked out.  The doctor said he has an eye infection, gave him some drops, and told him he could not wear […]

Alpine Village – So Beautiful!

We have a lot of catching up to do! We were without Internet service last night so I will have to combine two days in one post. Here goes . . . MONDAY, June 25, 2012 We packed up and left Vienna on Monday. It was raining and poor Max got all dirty. At least […]

Final Day in Vienna

Today is Sunday. I am so glad that God’s continual presence is a promise. No matter where in the world I am! Today was a mellow day. I was tired from all the excitement of the week but I still managed to drag Stan out very early this morning to take pictures in the softer […]

Vienna, Austria

Greetings from Austria! This morning (Saturday) started out with a bang . . . or rather, a poof! Long story short, I couldn’t find the hair dryer the hotel provided (it was hidden in a drawer), so I plugged MY blow dryer into the outlet using an adapter.  Not a good a idea. There was […]