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 […]
Category Archives: Italy
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 […]
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 […]
USTA Announces 50/55 Cup Teams
The 2026 ITF Masters World Team Championships will take place in Rome, Italy July 5-10. The Individual World Championships will follow July 11-18. Below are the team rosters for Team […]
Application Now Open for the 50/55 Cups to be Held in Rome in July 2026; Applications Close Feb. 7, 2026
Deadline to apply is February 7, 2026 Click here to apply for a team. Click here to go to the ITF Masters International Page on USTA.com which has all the […]
An Afternoon in Udine, Italy
Sunday September 14, 2025 We had no tennis matches today…the next tournament in Feld am See, Austria, begins tomorrow. Feld am See is near both the Slovenian and Italian borders […]
USTA Posts Timelines for 2026 Masters International Cups (Including Deadlines for Applications)
Note that the USTA has changed date applications open and dates the teams are announced to “week of” the dates shown below from a specific date. For example the 60/65/70 […]
Dates/Sites Now Final for All Masters Cups in 2026; 50/55 Cups: Rome, Italy, July 5-18
The final dates/venue have been announced for the 2026 ITF Masters World Team and Individual Championships: Rome, Italy for the Men’s Women’s 50/55 teams, to take place July 5-18 in […]
2026 Dates/Sites Announced for ITF Masters World Championships
Dates and sites of 2026 ITF Masters World Championships 30/35: Tokyo!!! 40/45: Portugal! 60/65/70: Turkey! 75/80/85/90: Crete, Greece!
Helsinki, Finland by Car, Train, Plane & Van
The draws are here. Monday, July 22, 2024 Yesterday, Sunday, I took and early taxi to the Lugano Main Station, then the train to Milan-Malpensa airport (yes, there’s more than […]
Into the Final in Lugano; Late Night Tennis Ahead
Draws are here Thursday July 18, 2024 I played my second round robin match yesterday evening in Lugano and it was pretty quick. The match in the other round robin […]
A Trip to Lake Como After Winning Rain Interrupted Singles Final
Draws are here. The day started early with a short warm up with Ellen Neumann at 8am (short because 10 minutes in there was thunder and then lightning, so we […]
Into the Lugano Final on a Steamy Wednesday
Draws are here Today I was scheduled to play my match at noon, and since we weren’t following a match we got on around 12:15 after the court was swept […]