Author Archives: journeywithmadonna

Before we left Canada several people asked “Why Slovenia?  Is that close to or part of Slovakia?”  As it turns out Slovenia, as a travel destination, is not that well known but watch out as tourism here is on the … Continue reading →

We all  put in our top three or four places we wanted to visit in Slovenia and Piran  was on everybody’s list. It’s a small town of approximately 4000 people(off season, I imagine) and is squeezed onto a small peninsula … Continue reading →

all know that the best laid plans sometimes do not work out, so flexibility and ‘go with the flow’ have to be the name of the game. This is our tenth trip with Marilyn and we have become experts at … Continue reading →

Woke up this morning to sunshine…….hallelujah! Just good to see it as it has been a little dark in these parts but we didn’t allow that to dampen our spirits or energy but the sunshine has us all pumped and … Continue reading →

Ljubljana was great and it’s safe to say we enjoyed every minute as things worked out so well with great accommodation and fine weather even though it was, at times, a little drizzly and a high of 12 degrees. Gotta … Continue reading →

Made it! Everyone was tired but were able to pull it together after our sleepless night and walk around this beautiful city of Ljubljana for the afternoon as well as pick up some food and wine for our first evening … Continue reading →

Rome was our last stop in Italy and we were so glad to drop off the car as driving in this city means you must  have a death wish!   Jim has done an amazing job of getting us through almost four … Continue reading →

The day we left San Gimignano the skies opened and it poured, poured, poured and I thought to myself “so it does rain in Italy!”  I haven’t wanted to mention the weather in this blog because I didn’t want to … Continue reading →

For days we have been longing to hike the Tuscan hillside but it is not as easy as it looks!  The hills are everywhere but you never see a person working or walking and there are always fences that prevent … Continue reading →