“The Quest for the Holy Barolo” - Part 1
The rolling hills of Piedmont As we’ve mysteriously suggested since our first post of this trip, we’ve had a very specific reason why we’re here in the Piedmont region of Italy. It’s a long story, but we’ll give you a brief rundown. Many years ago John, his late wife Sandy, and his youngest son Andrew, along with another family spent a week on an island on a beautiful Canadian lake. One day John and the other dad went to the nearest Canadian liquor store. Not usually note
John Zuchero
3 hours ago9 min read
Sailing the Beautiful Islands of Croatia
Croatia - Day 1 In our last blog, we flew from Copenhagen to Split, Croatia. Our driver,Igor,dropped us off at our Sail Croatia ship, the Romantic Star , to begin our wine cruise. It was too early to board so we decided to explore Split, which is the second-largest city in Croatia, after the capital Zagreb. Split was founded in the 2nd or 3rd century BCE by Greeks. As we wandered the circuitous streets, we came upon a very old square built by Romans, next to the Emperor Dioc
John Zuchero
5 days ago8 min read
The Copenhagen Interpretation*
We started our latest adventure when our neighbor, Liz, drove us to the beautiful, newly renovated Portland airport (ranked either one...
John Zuchero
Oct 86 min read
