• Tuscany 2.0 RSJ PART 2

    Monday we started at the Medici museum/chapel. https://bargellomusei.it/en/museum/cappelle-medicee/ more The Medici family was a powerful and influential Florentine family that played a major role in Italian Renaissance. This is the burial place of the Medici family, the Cappelle Medicee(Medici Chapels) is national monument and museum. It features the “Sagrestia Nuova”, whose architecture and sculptures are by Michelangelo.…


  • Tuscany 2.0 RSJ Part 1

    We started off our 7 day Tuscany 2.0 trip on Friday morning by meeting the group of 24 in Florence. We had lunch in Florence and shopped for a few hours. We went to the leather school (Scuola Del Cuoio). It is in a 14th century monastery which started after World War II to teach…


  • Lake Como/Varenna Italy 2025

    Wednesday we arrive in Milan. We hired a driver named Mirko to get us to Varenna. We had been traveling 24 hours at that point. We got his name from Marina, our RSJ tour guide turned friend. We stayed at Albergo Milano (breakfast was included!). It has amazing views and super convenient to all of…