We Still Didn’t Drink All The Vino: Mai Tai Tom’s 2018 Return To Italy
It had been 13 years since our infamous 2005 trip to Italy, so Tracy and I (along with friends Kim and Mary) decided to hit some spots in bella Italia that we had never explored before. After a brief stop in London, we made our way to Milan, Bologna, Padova, Ravenna, Piemonte wine country, Torino and finally Orta San Giulio. What a trip it turned out to be! From bustling cities to gorgeous countrysides, our nearly three-week journey took us to some incredible places that will never be forgotten. And the food … Wow! The vino … spectacular! Join us on our sensational trip to Italy.
November 6, 2018
We Still Didn’t Drink All The Vino: Mai Tai Tom’s 2018 Return To Italy After a 13 year hiatus, it was finally time for Tracy, Kim, Mary and me to return to the country where we made so many driving errors in 2005 (report here) that Italian car rental companies […]
November 8, 2018
We Still Didn’t Drink All The Vino: Mai Tai Tom’s 2018 Return To Italy CHAPTER TWO: THE MAGNIFICENT MILAN CATHEDRAL & ROOFTOP Next: DAY TWO – Wild About Harry, “Don’t Go To Milan”, Glorious Galleria, Tracy Renews Her Love Affair With Italian Olive Oil, Quick Encounter With Leonardo, Traversing The […]
November 12, 2018
We Still Didn’t Drink All The Vino: Mai Tai Tom’s 2018 Return To Italy CHAPTER THREE – GIVE ME SOME OF THAT (REALLY) OLD TIME RELIGION DAY THREE – Classic Croissants, Oops Wrong Church, Altar Altering, Four Friends And A Funeral, A Tisket A Casket, Fresco Frenzy, Why No Two […]
November 17, 2018
We Still Didn’t Drink All The Vino: Mai Tai Tom’s 2018 Return To Italy CHAPTER FOUR: NO REST FOR THE WEARY DAY FOUR – Please Give Me The Recipe, Vertical Forest, Monumental Resting Places, Unfinished Michelangelo, The Horse You Rode In On, Park Place, The Hip District, Hey I Know […]
November 22, 2018
We Still Didn’t Drink All The Vino: Mai Tai Tom’s 2018 Return To Italy CHAPTER FIVE: HUSTLING & BUSTLING BOLOGNA DAY FIVE – Kim Gets Shafted, Fascist Train Station, Bologna’s Patron Saint, Do You Believe In Magi?, Ah Cappella, Markets Galore, Pasta … We Got Pasta, Going To Neptune, Peculiar […]
November 29, 2018
We Still Didn’t Drink All The Vino: Mai Tai Tom’s 2018 Return To Italy CHAPTER SIX: AN UNUSUAL DAY IN BOLOGNA NEXT: DAY SIX: – Slab Me, Pass the Junior Mints, Apollo 1, Invasion Of The Body Snatchers, Revisiting Pete, Frescoes Off Limits, Wherefore Art Thou, Don’t Ever Change, Leave The […]
December 6, 2018
We Still Didn’t Drink All The Vino: Mai Tai Tom’s 2018 Return To Italy CHAPTER SEVEN – PERAMBULATING PADOVA Next: DAY SEVEN – This Station’s Not So Hard, Stabilizing The Microclimate, Giotto Cycle, Get Off Your High Horse, Churches And More Churches, Astronomical Timing, Did It Really Say No Photos?, […]
December 11, 2018
We Still Didn’t Drink All The Vino: Mai Tai Tom’s 2018 Return To Italy CHAPTER EIGHT: THE FOOLS ON THE HILL Next: This Ain’t Your NYC Eataly, Taxi Time, A Mass Of People, Tell Me If You Like The View, No Taxis, Da Nello, You Have One Hour, San Francesco Open […]
December 14, 2018
We Still Didn’t Drink All The Vino: Mai Tai Tom’s 2018 Return To Italy CHAPTER NINE – THE MARVELOUS MOSAICS OF RAVENNA Day Nine – A Case of the Benz, That’s The Ticket, A UNESCO Beauty, Of All the Galla, Cole Porter Inspiration, The Neon Bishop, I’ll Have 10 Orders […]
December 19, 2018
We Still Didn’t Drink All The Vino: Mai Tai Tom’s 2018 Return To Italy CHAPTER TEN – FEELING AT HOME IN THE VINEYARDS OF PIEMONTE DAY TEN – Death Of A Rental Car (2018 Edition), Maybe We Shouldn’t Have Left Them Alone In The Garage, Mary & Tracy’s Wild Ride, […]
December 26, 2018
We Still Didn’t Drink All The Vino: Mai Tai Tom’s 2018 Return To Italy CHAPTER ELEVEN: DOGGING IT WHILE TRACKING TRUFFLES DAY ELEVEN – Get Me To The Station On Time, Going To The Dogs, Don’t Tell Where We Are, The “Ronaldo Of Truffle Dogs,” Wandering The “Capital Of White […]
January 7, 2019
We Still Didn’t Drink All The Vino: Mai Tai Tom’s 2018 Return To Italy CHAPTER TWELVE – THE HILLS ARE ALIVE WITH THE SMELL OF VINO DAY TWELVE – Roll Out The Barolo, Right Out Of Disney, Snow In Piemonte, A Hill Of A Climb, This Might Have Been A […]
January 11, 2019
We Still Didn’t Drink All The Vino: Mai Tai Tom’s 2018 Return To Italy CHAPTER THIRTEEN – THE UPS AND DOWNS AND UPS OF PIEMONTE DAY THIRTEEN – Up Up Up, Would You Like To See My Elevator?, I’m Not Going Back Up, A Slight Parking Error, “Master Of The […]
January 14, 2019
We Still Didn’t Drink All The Vino: Mai Tai Tom’s 2018 Return To Italy CHAPTER FOURTEEN – MAI TAI TOM’S INTERNATIONAL RESTAURANT OF THE YEAR BOVIO – LA MORRA, ITALY (Closed Permanently) Long before we left for Italy and knowing we would be there at the beginning of White Truffle […]
January 18, 2019
We Still Didn’t Drink All The Vino: Mai Tai Tom’s 2018 Return To Italy CHAPTER FIFTEEN – TO EVERYTHING TURIN, TURIN, TURIN DAY FOURTEEN: Open This Palace!, Driving My Passengers Crazy, Not Your Average Hunting Lodge, Going Stag, Are You Sure I Can Fit In Here, Terrific Turin, Lots Of […]
January 29, 2019
We Still Didn’t Drink All The Vino: Mai Tai Tom’s 2018 Return To Italy CHAPTER SIXTEEN – TOURING TURIN DAY FIFTEEN – Breakfast With Venetians, Making It Reale, Fire In The Chapel, Horsing Around, Holy Shroud Batman, At The Movies, I Can Hear Music, Out Of Service, I Want My […]