A Northern California Weekend
On Memorial Day weekend I flew up to San Francisco, where I played tourist and went to a wedding there, then out to our farm to visit family and friends […]
Author Archives: Carolyn Nichols
Applications are Open to Apply for USTA M/W 30/35 Cup Teams: Close June 12, 2026
Click here to apply Dates: Sunday, November 15th – Friday, November 20th, 2026 Location: Tokyo, Japan The team selection will be posted no later than July 12th, 2026. The Team […]
Thu, Archibald, Davis & Pisani Win Singles in La Jolla
Draws (for those with USTA accounts only) are here. The USTA National 50-90 Hard Courts (USTA Level 1/ITF MT 1000) finished a week in beautiful La Jolla, CA at the […]
Applications Open for USTA Masters Teams in the 75/80/85 Age Divisions: Close May 17th.
Click here to apply. 75, 80, 85, 90 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS CRETE, GREECE The 75, 80, 85, 90* World Team and Individual Championships will take place in Crete, Greece on the […]
USTA M/W 40/45 International Tennis Teams Selected for Portugal & Fact Sheets for this Event
The 40,45 World Team Championships will take place in Lisbon and Oeiras, Portugal on the following dates: Sunday 2 – Friday 7 August 2026 The Individual World Championships for the […]
Back in the USA
One last post to round out my Turkey/Italy/Spain/Italy/France trip! My trip back to the USA was long but uneventful. I walked from my Citizen M hotel (past all the bikes […]
Nice Day in Nice
Today was my last day in France. I ate carrot salad (my favorite), and baguette (so good…and cheap here), had a relaxed morning sleeping in, working out and packing up, […]
Antibes Coastal Trail
Sunday is a rest day mostly in France…some grocery stores and many restaurants and patisseries are open but most shops are closed. I did some computer work and a workout […]
Alassio ➡️ Ventimiglia ➡️ Nice
Yesterday I left Alassio by train. I had a nice workout at the club. I found a good spot up by the padel courts to use bands and the artificial […]
Alassio Day 3: Arrival of the Sun!
Draws are here. Day three for me in the tournament semifinal day. It was Groundhog Day since I warmed up again with Ellen at 7 AM. She played first match […]
Alassio MT700 Day 2
Draws are here Today I warmed up at 7 AM again with Ellen Neumann. I didn’t play until 2:30 and Ellen played at 11:30. We both won and both play […]
Alassio, Italy & a Tennis Tournament
Draws are here. Today started early…as dawn broke…with a 7am warm up with Ellen Neumann from Germany, who is playing in the W65s. We had an excellent warm up…Ellen does […]
Spain ➡️ France ➡️ Italy by Plane, Train & Automobile (& Bus)
I had my last day of training in Mallorca yesterday, and today is supposedly a “rest” day…if one considers a 9 hour trip to my tournament venue a”rest”. Yesterday I […]
Ciao Italy, Hola Espana
Monday Susan, Tim, Tracey and I left our apartment in Florence well before dawn…at 3:45 am for our 6:30 flights…Susan, Tim and Tracey were off to Orlando via Frankfurt and […]
Florence: Uffizi Gallery
This morning we visited the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, after walking past the Duomo one last time in the calm of the morning. The Uffizi building houses a collection of […]
Roma ➡️ Firenze
Thursday we left Rome on a rainy day. Traffic in Rome was crazy but we had allotted more than sufficient time to wait for the taxi (Freenow app is very […]
A Visit to Another Country in Rome; the Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel and St. Peter’s Basilica & More
Tuesday we visited the smallest country in the world, Vatican City, with a population of under 1000 people (no children) and a size of around 100-110 acres In size it […]
Roma!
Sunday we took trains from the Cinque Terre to La Spizia to Roma Termini, where Susan and I picked up our stored baggage (after a quick trip to Uniqlo…don’t ask). […]
La Spezia, Riomaggiore, Manarola, Levanto, Monterosso al Mare: Cinque Terre Day 2
Saturday was our second and last day in Cinque Terre. We bought a day train pass (discounted for 70+)…about 23 euros for adults and 18 for 70+. It included the […]
Cinque Terre Hiking
There are five, centuries old seaside villages in this part of the Italian Riviera in Liguria: Cinque Terre means “Five Lands” and the villages are a UNESCO World Heritage site. […]
Venice to Cinque Terre via Train
We left Venice yesterday early to train to Cinque Terre via Verona. I put together this trip pretty quickly and booked the tickets during our flight from Turkey…and didn’t really […]
Murano & Burano, Italy
Wednesday we ( Susan, Tim, Tracey & I) took the vaporetto (water bus) to Murano from Santa Lucia in Venice. I had booked a demonstration of glass blowing in Murano. […]
Venice: Doges Palace (Italian Tour), Getting Lost in Venice
Tuesday we had our first of two full days in Venice. Everyone went exploring early…I walked to San Marco Square, taking lots of photos of canals, boats and shops along […]
Sorrento to Venice by Train
Today we had a leisurely start with a 10:20 train to Naples, then a noon train to Venice Santa Lucia, arriving around 5:30pm. It was a nice journey and easy…Susan […]
Naples, Italy: Archeological Museum, Naples Pizza and Castel Sant’Elmo
Sunday we (Susan & Tim Wright, Tracey Thompson and I) took the train to Naples to look at the Archeological Museum (especially to see items displayed there from Pompeii), to […]
Capri, Italy
Yesterday was a long one…we walked to the port in Sorrento (which involved the first of many steps during the day)…following google maps we walked to the elevator which theoretically […]
Ostia Antica
Yesterday, Susan and I went early to the Trevi fountain, where we saw social media influencer. She had heels in a white dress and as soon as she was done […]
Rome: Trevi Fountain, Spanish Steps, Villa Borghese Gardens & Wandering Around
Susan and I had no huge agenda today. We pivoted to Italy early after the World Championships were cancelled (we had planned a trip here to start March 22..instead we […]
Good Bye Turkey, Hello Roma!
We had an early morning start to the day, as Jenny, Christina, Vicky & Steve, Susan and I took a 5:15 shuttle to the airport. In Turkey everyone has to […]
A Last Tennis Day in Turkey
Sunday was another all-day tennis fest at Ali Bey Manavgat with Aussie, Swiss, Irish, American, NZL, Canadian, and German players sharing the courts. I’ve been there many times and probably […]