Tuesday July 20th, 2004 by Brian
What can you really say about Florence? It is a center of art, history and culture and stands as one of the most beautiful and famous cities in the world. The fact that it sits squarely in Tuscany means it has amazing food to boot. Oh, and Michelangelo’s statue of David stands in the Uffizi.
We arrived into Florence from Milan and the traffic immediately made my dad nervous. For me, it was a lot like going into turn 2 at Sears Point on the start of a race – yeah, it’s busy, but just watch yourself and you’ll come out OK. The Italians aren’t bashful about creatively squeezing cars into lanes that don’t exist. …
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Sunday July 18th, 2004 by Brian
Our next destination was our Italian origins near Lago di Garda. This is the village where Ghidinellis come from, quite literally. I was a little bit apprehensive about this part of the trip because it’s something that my father particularly wanted to do (although he has done it once before with his parents on another trip). I was in favor of going but I wasn’t in favor of spending a full day sitting at a table with some distant relatives that don’t speak English. Nothing personal of course.
I’m glad I went into it with an open mind because it turned out as one of the highlights of our trip together. A cousin who …
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