Bookpile: January 2010
The Italian Renaissance – This is a sweeping overview of the time period written for older kids that Kevin picked up before we left for Italy. I was too busy in 1695 Japan to get to it before we left, so skimmed through it after returning. It wasn’t an exciting…
Bookpile: December 2009
The Assassin’s Touch – Yes, I should have been reading something set in ancient Rome since we were heading to Italy, but instead, I was back in 1695 Japan with Sano Ichiro. After the country almost came to civil war in the last book, Sano finds himself promoted to the…
Bookpile: December 2010
Eleventh Grade Burns – The action, the politics, the angst, the dilemmas – everything is getting ramped up in this one. The vampire slayer is back and a stressful thorn for Vlad. Then there’s his secret rendezvous with Snow at The Crypt leaving him with major guilt. Uncle Otis is…
Rome: Hotel Paba Review
There are only two bajillion options for places to stay in Rome. And that’s before you start looking at apartments for rent. Our priorities are the same no matter where we go – king-size bed, breakfast (preferably full), internet access, location. Which made for a few tough choices as apparently…
Rome: Review
I liked Rome. Really. (But I like Florence better.) It’s loud, crazy, chaotic, unnerving if you’ve never been to a big city. It kind of reminded me of our first trip to New York years ago when you don’t know the city and everything works just a smidge differently than…
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