After getting a little taste of Cinque Terre by visiting Vernazza, we decided the next day would be dedicated to seeing the rest of the towns. But first, some Italian breakfast, made by our wonderful B&B host. We decided to start at the furthest town and then make our way closer to home, so that […]
After Lucca, we were off to the city (or should I say, cities) that I was MOST excited for! Cinque Terre. You know, the 5 incredibly bright colored cities on the coast of Italy? If you want to read about Cinque Terre and the history, click here. But let’s back up. After leaving Lucca, we […]
After packing up and heading out of Bologna, we made our way towards Pisa. We briefly discussed skipping it and leaving it for the next day, but decided it was best to go and get it over with before making our way to Lucca. We found some free parking (score!) and then walked 15 minutes […]
After our adventurous day in Florence, we started our last morning in Florence with a quick 30 minute run. Florence is like Madrid- the stores and shops are pretty much closed until about 10 am, so it made running through the old streets much, much easier! While I packed up the Airbnb and made […]
I want to thank each and every one of you that liked my status, commented on it, sent me a private message, or a FB message about yesterday’s post. That post seriously came out of left field- I wrote it wearing pajamas without any coffee pumping through my veins and I am completely SHOCKED at […]
For whatever reason, I was excited to see Florence, but not as excited as I was for some of our other stops. Of course, I ending up loving it…or loving the things we did there….or a combination! Then again, I said I loved every city. But Florence blew me away in it’s size (or apparent size- […]
The second day, we were up before the sun came up to head to Venice! In one word: Italian Disney World. Ok, 3 words. VENICE Since Venice is complete tourism (really, I’ve heard its e m p t y at night) and the touristy part is on an island, it is quite expensive to stay […]
I seriously have no idea where to begin. How do you recap such an amazing trip in just a few posts, with just a few photos (when you have almost 2,000)? How do you put into the words the magic of Italy, of every city we visited? It’s close to impossible, but I’m going to […]
Planning any Multi-City European trip can be overwhelming- so much to organize! Flights, hotels, trains, buses, AirBnb, rent a car?, restaurants, hitting the major sites, AND MORE. But that’s one ball game. Planning a multi-city trip is a whooooole other beast. It can be totally intimidating, and before doing it myself last summer (to visit […]
I am a master-packer and I am proud of it! I went home for 6 weeks and only took a carry on, as well as multiple other shorter trips with just my handy-dandy carry on. When traveling, the last thing you want to do is drag a huge suitcase all over the place. You’ll probably […]