http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Speed-Pixie/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Speed Pixie en-us Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:18:15 +0000 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:18:15 +0000 I can't leave Emilia Romagna without talking about edible life. Nevermind the sights what you eat is the most important thing and of course those who share in your meal or had a hand in its creation are revered. People aren't joking when they say they left Italy ten pounds heavier they are dead serious but I'll bet they leave satisfied and content. Once at home they must have visions of d http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Emilia-Romagna/Reggio-Emilia/blog-258051.html On the side of the Autostrada near Reggio Emilia there stands an effigy of a ferrari and a sign advertising the Ferrari Museum in Maranello Italy the birthplace of Ferrari. It was something I had to see and how could my father possibly refuse they have a place in his heart as well so we set off to find it one afternoon. It was just him and I this time and we managed to get really really los http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Emilia-Romagna/Maranello/blog-257685.html Hello is Mrs Bent..ivg..olio.. therePeople mess up my last name allllll the time. In fact if you don't I am immediately impressed and automatically like you. Italy knows meItaly is the ancestral home of the Bentivoglio family. I've always been brought up to be very proud of the name and the history of the family. The fact that the lineage can be traced back to the time of the Renaissance http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Emilia-Romagna/Bologna/blog-257403.html Finally Italy I've been waiting 22 years for thisAfter getting to Italy and a half dayrsquos forced rest I was restless to explore beyond the suburb in which my aunt and uncle live. My uncle suggested the ruins of a castle called Mathilda de Canossa on a nearby still a lengthy drive away clifftop which we could quickly visit and then be home for dinner dinner is very VERY important. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Tuscany/Florence/blog-245494.html more like it destroyed us. Now where was I The four of us parted ways as Steve Sas and I planned our Greek Island adventures with Steve heading towards the Cyclades in the Aegean and Sas and myself heading for Corfu in the Pleiades which was on the way to Italy. Our decision saved me from a night camping on the beach near the port in Athens but as far as I know Steve still did it on his o http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/Ionian-Islands/Corfu/blog-164955.html Hey everyone I arrived in Athens on May 3rd 2007 Sas Seb and Steve picked me up at the airport where I was ever so hopeful they would remember to come pick me up. They did It was so great to see them and have them carry my luggage as well as I was exhausted from the 7hr flight across the ocean then my morning 1am5am sitting at Schipol Amsterdam Airport and the next 3 hrs on the plane to http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/Attica/Athens/blog-155407.html