Hello Everyone, Leaving Palermo we traveled up into the hills to tour the Monreale Cathedral, a masterpiece of Norman architecture built in 1182 by William II, the third Norman king of Sicily. It is considered one of the most important examples of Norman architecture in all of Sicily. The interior Read more

Hi everyone, Jim has consented to allow a guest post. So andiamo… xo, Cath. We began the day at Reggio Caserta, 40 minutes north of Naples, the largest royal palace in the world and a UNESCO World Heritage site. It was commissioned in 1752 by Charles III of the Bourbon family (famous for Read more

Hi everyone, On our first full day in Naples we went up into the hills and had a pizza making class.  Most of you know that I am a very avid pizza maker and pizza eater.  I have a pizza oven that can get very hot, up to 900F. But for one reason or another I have never really gotten into Read more

Hard to believe we're on our third day in Rome, which means we'll be saying Arrivederche to the Eternal City tomorrow morning. The time has gone so quickly and I really wish we had another day here. But we have much adventure ahead so don't cry for me (you probably weren't at all close to crying 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