This is the vacation blog for Judy and Ray Hickey, Michel Thibault and Laurie Bourgeois, and JoAnne Chrones and Brian Zimmer. We planned to go to Italy last September, but postponed our trip in view of Ray's surgery and recovery. He had encouraged us to go without him, but we didn't want to leave the "fun factor" (Ray!) at home.
We are leaving on April 23 and are returning on May 14. We'll spend a week in Rome - we've rented an apartment close to the Vatican for the week. If you want to look at it, here's the link:
On May 2, we will travel to a farm close to Siena for a week in the countryside of Tuscany. The farm is owned by friends of our friends from Saskatoon, Angelo and Vivian Cuppola. The owners names are Mario and Annuziata, and they have their own vineyard, and olive oil producing facility. We plan to spend our days relaxing, sightseeing in small Tuscan towns, and generally just enjoying Italian life. Here's the link for Mario and Annunziata's
The last portion of our trip, about five days, will be spent in Florence. We've rented an apartment there as well. Here's where we are staying in Florence:
So, we'll keep you up to date as our plans unfold, and do our best to keep this current for our families and friends while we are away.
Posted by: JoAnne Chrones
