I barely took any photographs with my cameras this year except on my phone. Once Covid shut down all travel, we mostly just hunkered down at home. So since March, all our exploration has been local, or virtually, via books and movies and TV shows. I managed to read 61 books to date this year …
Three days in Venice and the Carnivale
When we decided to go to the Dolomites to ski, we also decided to spend a few days in Venice. After all, the last time either of us had visited was more than a decade ago! My enduring memory of my trip there almost two decades ago was the floods - half a foot of …
A day in Verona, Italy
Coming down from the mountains, we spent a day in Verona, a quiet (relative to Venice) town just an hour and a half from the coast. View of the Adige River We arrived on Valentine's Day, and we were initially dismayed at the realisation, because we hadn't thought to make restaurant reservations in advance. But …
Skiing in the Dolomites
It's been almost two decades since I was last in Italy. Oh my, time has flown... I can't believe that I'm almost 20 years older. Anyway, we had been very much looking forward to this trip - for the food, wine, culture, and of course the skiing. Nothing disappointed, even though this hasn't been the …