December 1, 2024 Travelers Rest South Carolina USA

December 1, 2024. We drove our new used car from Florida to stay with my son, Noah and his girlfriend Carla, in their 12 acre retreat center in Travelers Rest, South Carolina. We plan to stay until the end of February, when we will head to the island of Curacao for a month. They haveRead More »

November 29, 2025 Pompano Beach Fl, USA

November 29, 2024. We went out to a nice Mexican dinner with our dear friend Merti. She is both a neighbor and a friend that lives in our condo building in Pompano. She is kind enough to keep an eye while we are traveling and even grabs our mail for us. Thanks Merti, we oweRead More »

November 28, 2025 Pompano Beach Fl, USA

November 28, 2024... Its Thanksgiving holiday in the USA, and we are thrilled to be lucky enough to be able to meet-up with our Grandkids, Tyler and Sam. We caught them just before they moved to Delaware, to occupy their new home. We could not stay at our condo because it is rented out tillRead More »

November 23, 2024 Lisbon Portugal

November 23, 2024. Gotta love Lisbon Festivals. The Christmas market festivals are just getting going in the Lisbon area. And there is a huge one right near where we are staying. We went there a couple of times for both shopping as well as eating and drinking. Nicke took a pass on having the "PinaRead More »

November 22, 2024 Lisbon Portugal

November 22,2024. While staying in Lisbon at the end of November we stopped for lunch at a cute little outdoor cafe, Taberna do Lis. a nice young family ended up being seated next to us. We had a great time talking to Chick and Kassie, and their children , Cece and Charley. Turns out, thatRead More »

October 19, 2024 Amalfi, Italy

October 19,2024. We are touring Amalfi Italy, Nicke, Ali and I. Ali is checking out the Church in Amalfi, Nicke is shopping, and I am having a beer in a cafe. I start talking to a couple of fellow travelers from the US, Connor and Amanda.

September – October 2024, Travels with Ali in Tuscany

by Fitz
Hook-ups, Travels with Ali

September - October 2024, Vicchio, Italy was HEAVEN. Our B&B was superb, we had a car and did daily trips all over the Tuscan countryside. We visited wineries, perched villages, iconic monuments, gardens, churches, museums, small hamlets, mountain villages, seaside towns. We did it all in our favorite style, enjoying wines, cocktails, and food alongRead More »

September 21 – October 18, 2024 Vicchio, Italy

September 21,2024. "Let's go to Fluid !", was something we said often while in Vicchio. Fluid was a great little bar in the center plaza of town. Leonardo was the bartender we most often enjoyed. He is a personable young gentleman who always had a little time to spend talking and joking with us duringRead More »

September 19, 2024 Vicchio, Italy

September 19,2024. We went to a Pizza Place in the center plaza of Vicchio for dinner, where we met Lucia, the owner of not only, the pizza restaurant but the coffee shop next door, and the local bar, Fluid. She was a very warm and welcoming individual and always made an effort to say hi,Read More »

September 19 – October 18 2024 Vicchio Italy

From September to October we stayed at a great little town in Tuscany called Vicchio. We, of course, had to check out the bars and restaurants in town, so our first stop was to "Fluid" bar. There we met a couple of bartenders, Leonardo and Andre. During the following 30 days this was the placeRead More »