We had roughly twenty-four hours to show friends what we like so much about the magical city on the Tiber River. The overnight flight from the US brought us to Leonardo Da Vinci Airport early enough that we were able to check into Hotel Mozart, Via del Greci 23B, Roma, 00187, tel: +39-063-600-1915, which is between Piazza Popolo and the Spanish Steps. Piazza Popolo contains the Flaminio Obelisk, which was built in…
For our anniversary we decided to have a celebration in Tuscany with thirty close friends and family. In discussing this event, we decided that we needed to do something to ensure our guests would be comfortable with a large group of people they did not know since the group invited came from all over the country. In discussions we came up with a three-part strategy. First we researched the towns and villages…
During our recent trip to Taipei we decided to stay a day afterwards to see a little of the island outside of its biggest city. We contacted Yolo Taiwan (https://www.yolo-taiwan.com). They assigned Alan as our driver guide. Alan had also been our guide of our tour of Taipei and we were very happy to have him show us the northern coast of the Island and give us a little of its history.…
Our visit to Taipei and Taiwan was spurred by a corporate meeting but we chose to come in a day early to see Taipei and stay a day afterwards to see a little of the island outside of its biggest city. We contacted Yolo Taiwan (https://www.yolo-taiwan.com) regarding tours and were pleasantly surprised by the driver/guide they offered to us, Alan. They scheduled both tours for us. Our first tour was on a…
It took a little over two hours to reach Kyoto from Tokyo on the Shinkansen bullet train which departs from Tokyo Station. We took the first train out at 6:00 am which meant no breakfast and met up with Kenji Matsuyama, a Government Licensed Tour Guide Interpreter (km_rugger@yahoo.co.jp) at the Kyoto Main Station. We asked a security official where a clock tower was that we were looking for as the place to…