We had a good night's sleep our first night in Rome. This morning we made do with coffee in the Nespresso maker located in our room. (Hopefully tomorrow we will have time to go get a proper breakfast with pastry and real espresso.) At 9:30 a.m., we were picked up by our driver Constantine who took Read more

Hello all, First, apologies for the badly formed web address that I emailed out twice yesterday. The correct address is: https://jimslaughter.net/travel/ When we last posted we were in London getting ready to take off for Rome. It's now Thursday February 29, and we are ensconced at our Rome Read more

It's Wednesday morning and we've made it as far as London. We left our pups Winnie and Bean in the capable hands of daughter Jane and her boyfriend Alex. Here's a departure photo we snapped of the four of them: The LAX to Heathrow portion of the flight was really nice. We got upgraded to business Read more

Welcome to our travel blog that we've set up to record some of our adventures in Rome, Naples and Sicily. There probably won't be too much to say until we arrive in Italy (unless the plane ride is eventful, which I really hope is not the case!) I'll try to send out emails notifying of new posts. If Read more