Lake Como is surrounded by villages, each with its own unique charm. The best way to visit them is by boat, so I’ll begin there. Menaggio Menaggio was home base for us during this trip. We rented a spacious apartment tucked into the side of a mountain that was both family-friendly and sleekly modern, with sweeping views of the lake and surrounding area. Menaggio is … [Read more...]
Travel: Hawaii
We went to Hawaii once in late December-early January of 2013/2014 and again in June 2015. Our son and daughter-in-law were living there at the time, so it was an easy choice for a vacation destination. If you ever fantasize about what heaven might look like, you don’t need to look further than Hawaii. The weather is almost always perfect, the sky is blue, the water is many … [Read more...]
Travel: The Grand Canyon
We scheduled a trip to the Grand Canyon as a side trip from Las Vegas one year when my husband was there on business. If you’ve read my column in the past or are reading for the first time, a recurring theme is that we like to be outdoors, whether it’s hiking, biking, walking, sightseeing, skiing, boating – you get the picture. So, we thought a short hike on some trails in … [Read more...]
Travel: Aspen/Snowmass
My family and I have been very irregular skiers. Some years, we’ve had ski destination vacations for five years in a row; then we’ve gone three years or more and not ski at all. This year was an exception as we were invited to the Colorado home of our friends and neighbors, Michael and Lynn Seidman, two months after we skied in Italy. Bill and I had not been back to … [Read more...]
Innsbruck and Kitzbuhel, Austria
This is a continuation of last month’s article. We left Selva Val Gardena, went through the Brenner Pass and arrived in Innsbruck about an hour and half later. The Brenner Pass, for the most part, is a lovely view of mountains and valleys that has been in use since prehistoric eras and is still an important route in Europe today. I’d been told Innsbruck was just a big city … [Read more...]