Century Hotel Parma

... aback by the sounds, and just allowing youself to wallow in the sound as it hammers into your soul. Trapsing home that night, and crashing into bed. This was the latest night I have been out for my entire trip! No wonder I woke up with a cold! Nevertheless....<br><br> I've gained quite a different perspective on how it must be for my parents (and aunts and uncle), as I spent the better half of the weekend sitting beside people I could not speak to ...

... the one that no one has physically seen, but totally exists and makes me eat seconds or thirds and as much junk food as my stomach can handle. I love fat Allison. We got these croissant things with chocolate and chestnuts and powdered sugar, and were basically a little bit of heaven. We ate by the water until our noses were running and we couldn't feel our fingers and Francesco's coat was covered in sugar dust. The ride home was much more ...

... a good time for a degustazione and he whisked us upstairs into a hybrid dining room and temporary art gallery. Sat us down and asked us if we want some wine. We did so he brought out something local. It was a sparkling red, something niether of us had tried before and it was nice. So far so good. Then the meat and cheese came out. Five different varieties of pork products. Some lean some really ...

Today we ventured into Parma we had better luck parking today. It had to be the nicest parking garage ever. Each spot had either a green/unoccupied or red/occupied light right above it and there was music playing over the loud speaker very cool! We had a lunch of tomato and basil pasta with a dessert plate of the meats of Parma. We walked around Parma saw a ...

We left Indy on time and made our connection in Detroit with just a few minutes to spare. Once on the plane in Detroit we were ready to taxi down the runway when an announcement came on looking for a doctor on board. We then got word that we were going back to the terminal where paramedics would be boarding the plane. Once we were at the terminal the ...

... what seemed like small house on a busy road. I must say that not every spot in Tuscany is picturesque and this stop was not the later. The house reminded my of my New Jersey roots; we could have been anywhere on Tonnelle Avenue in Cliffside Park. We talked up the steps to a small entry and were met by an older woman who greeted Cristina warmly and ushered us into the back rooms outfitted with large ...

... Napoleon's sisters adopted Lucca. Another sister, Pauline, an international flirt and gadabout, married a Roman Borghese prince just for show. They resided in the same Rome villa, but never at the same time, because he was outraged by her uncensored lifestyle. Canova, Italy's most renowned sculptor of that day, modeled both Paulina and Maria Luisa. Maria's marble statue is in Parma's Galleria Nazionale, Paulina's is a showpiece of the ...

... the frescoed ceilings. We located that great wine of Parma that we drank at dinner the other night, a couple of presents for Emily (there is no distinct word for niece/nephew--the word for grandchild is used), some Cohibas for Larry and Lauren to smoke in Venice, and of course some food. A key lesson learned was NOT to drink several glasses of wine BEFORE dinner as dinner is not likely to happen afterwards. Perhaps we should call it a liquid dinner and be done!

... that isn't limoncello, but is very good in honor of my heritage. It was nice, cause so far this trip I have been mistaken for just about every heritage under the sun except for Italian. In Paris, this older gentleman with a roving eye tried to speak to me in Polish, and then talked to Bridget in French to try to get her to introduce us. Anyway, I had a creamy granita\sorbet for dessert, and Bridget had 5 baby cannolis, of which I ate 2 or maybe 3 ...

... for dinner. It&#8217;s a beautiful spa town and smells good! I took a long walk through the park and had a Gran Marnier on the patio. Peggy had Amaretto which pleased the bartender/host. He didn&#8217;t like my ordering a French liqueur! The hotel was one of the nicest on our tour. <br><br>We left our window open and it was actually cold when we got up!