Italy- COMPLETE!!!
A trip through Italy includuig Puglia, Venice, Florence, Bologna, Tuscany, Naples, and more!
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J is for: Join Me in the Vatican Museum (Part 1)
After we settled into our Airbnb, Anara and I headed out for our 3:00 tour of the Vatican Museum. Before we left on our trip, I’d bought us some Rome City Passes and unfortunately, they ended up being pretty confusing… Continue reading
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I is for: Inter-City Railway to Rome
Time to hit the road, or the rails rather, and head to Rome. Leaving Naples wasn’t difficult; I honestly didn’t care for it much at all. It was loud, busy, and incredibly dirty. There was graffiti on almost every surface… Continue reading
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H is for: Heck of a Day! (The Amalfi Coast)
Hello Friends! Did you know I’m planning another huge adventure while I’m on this break? I’m starting to flesh in the details now on my trip to the Philippines, Bali, Australia, and Tasmania (yes, I know Tasmania is part of… Continue reading
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G is for: Gorgeous Grotto (not the Blue Grotto!)
A little Steppe out of order! Because sometimes the alphabet dictates where we go next! Skipping ahead to a bit later in our day, Anara and I stopped at the Grotto della Smeraldo right about in the middle of the… Continue reading
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F is for: Further into Pompeii Followed by Fantastic Food
By this time in the late morning, the crowds had swelled on the streets of Pompeii. We pressed on and turned towards the area of the Stadium/Amphitheater and other excavated homes and a bit away from the “commercial area”. It… Continue reading
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E is for: Escape to Earth-Swallowed Treasures
The Presepi Sellers were up bright and early clattering away in the alley; early morning coffee was no doubt hastily sipped as their wares were carefully arranged on makeshift tables. By 7:30 we were up and out as well to… Continue reading
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D is for: Divine Spaces with a Disappointing Dinner
We didn’t really have a walking tour to follow for this day and took off with no particular goal in sight. By this time in the trip, I still did not have a functional SIM card to use for Google… Continue reading
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C is for: Carriage Across the Italian Countryside
Anara and I were up very early and had an incredible breakfast of Lemon Cake, our fresh burrata cheese that we’d helped make, some cookies and jams, juice, coffee- all so delicious! Rita even had her helper, Victoria, pack us… Continue reading
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B is for: Brick by Brick and Bounty of the Sea
Rita had planned a day of touring the area with a special trip up and into the Trulli Valley of the Puglia Region. (Valle d’Itria) On our 1-hour journey up the from the low-lying seaside, Rita told us the story… Continue reading
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A is for: Along the Adriatic Seacoast
Mola di Bari is a small fishing village on the Adriatic Coast, very near the bigger town of Bari where we’d wandered the winding alleys watching the Nonnas making Orecchietti and touring the Swabian Castle Svevo. Our little Agriturismo was… Continue reading
