Fountains Galore!

ok, so i was thinking about fountains today
and the sheer variety of them! when i went to italy i was in awe. but today i started to think about how many i've seen in the u.s.. so i started to cruise the net and discovered the beauty both here and around the world of fountains....enjoy, i did!

round the world, round the states

i hope you had as much fun as i did

traveling always makes me thirsty!

And While I Dream..... and write my story

Castello di Reschio, Umbria, Italy

Colombaia

€764 - 914/night Colombaia is luxurious spacious accommodation. It forms a kind of penthouse built above medieval foundations, level with the vineyards and olive groves on top of a sloping hill but with direct and exclusive access.

I'll see you in my dreams..............

Available Italian Villas - I Can Dream - So Can You!

let's go adventuring in Italy for a place to vacation... I've been to Venice, Florence, Rome and Lake Como. I especially loved Venice and the Lake Como area. Northern Italy is where my father's family is from and it's beautiful.

Yes, this villa is available to rent in Lake Como, Italy. Isn't it lovely? On my last trip to Italy, my three cousins and I stayed in apartments in Venice and Rome which was a great experience. We found it fun to walk around the shops, make our own coffee, pick up cheese and fresh bread, sit on the veranda and have a glass or two of wine. Our apartment in Rome was very close to the Vatican and we could take a quick cab to the shops and restaurants. Pizza was a fresh and crisp experience. Venice offered us the new taste of Gelato, not a one time experience! When we arrived in Lake Como we settled into a hotel nestled into the mountains overlooking the lake. In the afternoon we would walk up the cobbled paths to a little cafe and sit with the locals, relax have a drink or two and love life!

This is Lake Como...now you can see why I want to go back in the worst way!

So if you don't have an issue with the exchange rate, you're looking for a vacation with beauty, fabulous food, friendly people, art, scenery and so much more = Italy is the place to see.

If you'd like to check out villas that are available - they are out there! The highs, the lows and the unbelievables!  Jennifer

 Get Ready and Go!

Ahhhhhh, Italy in March

YES! I ATE GELATO FOR BREAKFAST TWICE!

Venice Rome Florence
History Art

Lake Como
Moltrasio
Food Family Vino

Pasta Veal Cucina Bread Wine

Mountains Amore Gelato Cappuccino

Several years ago I traveled to Italy with 3 other cousins - it was one of the best vacations of my life. We planned it at my cousin Ruthie's house in front of her computer and we did a great job! Ruth and her daughter Ruthie had been several times before. For Linda and I - it was a first! We all had ideas as to where and what we wanted to do and traveled well together. We flew in to Rome and took the train to Moltrasio. From Moltrasio we were driven to Lake Como. This area is stunning - a lake region bordering Switzerland. It is also where our family - the Mondelli's originated. We savored the food, climbed the mountainside, crossed the lake, spoke with the locals, visited the church where our great grandmother attended, was married and was buried. Next I drove a rental over the Alps ( no one volunteered and I'm afraid of heights!) to Florence. Beautiful in every way. Then we took a boat to Venice and I fell in Love. The art, the churches, the history. You think it will be awesome but you're not prepared for the true beauty and enormity of it all. We stayed in an apartment that was local to everywhere we wanted to be. It was neat, reasonable, 2 bedrooms, 2 baths - we would walk to the market and buy cheese, bread and wine - play cards and unwind after a day of sightseeing. Then back to Rome - a great apartment, next to a pub, behind the Vatican, across from a pizzeria, by the bus station = perfect! No probs - only a fun family experience I will always remember and we gab about when we get together - in fact this weekend = The Mondelli Girls

Lake Como, Italy - place of my ancestors

Lake Como -Italy

I've been here and
I dream often of going
back again. My cousin
and her daughter or
son are fortunate that
they can return every March. Four cousins took the trip one year and it
was so many special
moments for all of us.
We went to Rome, Florence, Milan, Venice and Lake Como. Strolled through markets, cobbled paths, drank wine, ate fresh bread and pasta,
saw the Vatican, museums, made new friends. I'd return in a heartbeat! It's a place I hope my sons see one day. To realize my father's family came from this country and to be able to see the church my great grandmother married in, church records of family members, cemeteries and simply the beauty of the country and it's people.

If there is a place you dream of going - don't miss your opportunity.