Arriving in Italy and making our way to our apartment involved getting to the train station, walking to the hotel, and staying overnight. We had heavy bags and the weather was very cold, so we regretted the 17-minute walk. Finding dinner on New Year’s Day was not easy, but we did find a decent restaurant…
We flew out of GSP, a small and friendly airport with easy check-in. In order to fly to Italy in the age of COVID-19, we were required to take a rapid COVID test within 24 hours of departure. Delta lists sites one can order tests for monitoring online, and we used these. Order these tests…
Our apartment is “furnished,” and our landlady wrote to us that she provided sheets and blankets knowing that, arriving on a holiday weekend, we would not have these with us. We know there are some dishes and cookware, but in our anxiety we did not take a full accounting of all the available items in…