Writing these posts so many months after the experience has required a bit of detective work. Luckily I keep a lot of records and between my daily family emails, expense log, and photo time stamps, I’ve been generally able to recreate each day. We visited Arezzo on October 28, nearly four months ago. Arezzo Arrival…
Month: February 2026
Day Trip to Siena
Our second daytrip from Perugia was to the medieval Tuscan town of Siena. Although it is not on the same train line as Perugia, we were able to book an 80-minute Flixbus for 7 a.m. with a return at 7:10 p.m. It was a long day, but provided plenty of time to see the main…
Guanajuato: We’re Home
We really enjoyed our first two weeks of our monthlong stay in Guanajuato. Though it isn’t a spectacular destination, it has been comfortable enough and extremely interesting. We’ve had a few memorable fun experiences and have a few more planned for our time here. Arrival from Zihuatanejo A few months before our trip from Zihua,…
Beach Life in Zihua
Our final two weeks in Zihuatanejo were a lot like our first two weeks in the beach town. We enjoyed lots of time at the beach and in the water, did two more snorkel excursions, and continued our typical set schedule of work, learning, and eating great Mexican food. While I was improving my Spanish…
Day Trip to Assisi and Spello
One reason we chose Perugia as our home base for Italy was its access to many other great Italian towns we really wanted to see. Our list was long and so we got started almost right away four days after our arrival in Perugia in mid-October. The very top of our list was Assisi, home…