Category Archives: Italian Anniversary 2018

We capped off what would turn out to be our last stay in Munich for the department’s program with ten days in Italy…much of it spent with the entire family as a belated celebration of our fortieth anniversary. We took the train from Munich to Mantua…part of our ongoing quest to know the smaller RenaissanceContinue reading “Munich to Mantua”

We passed through arched and arcaded medieval streets on our way into the center of town. Our destination was the Piazza Sardello, an elongated rectangle with the Ducal Palace on the east and the marble Renaissance Cathedral forming the Northern face. The palace is Mantua’s most famous site, and we thought we had better startContinue reading “A Day in Mantua”

It had been quite a trick, orchestrating the family’s arrival. We met Ariel and Daniel at the Avis counter at Malpensa, where we picked up a very nice Renault van. It wasn’t big enough for the whole crew, but both Sarah and Dan and Andrew and Emily would have their own cars. Dan and SarahContinue reading “Riondino, ho!”