**Disclaimer** This post is not intended to be a thorough guide on accommodations/transit of Rome. Its more of what we did, how we did it, and our observations of how things function. Transportation We did not fly into the Rome…
Today Devin and Linda went to Orvieto and I took the high speed rail line north to Bologna. These trips were not planned in advanced as we had left a free day in the schedule to either explore more of…
The Sistine Chapel ceiling is one of the great works of Michelangelo and a true sight to behold. If only it wasn’t at the Vatican. Tour time We did another tour with the Roman Guy so that we could get…
Friday – The day of Venus. Our morning kicked off with a jaunt across town on Roman public transport. I’ll follow up with a post on how to get around Rome. Our scheduled tour was of the Colosseum and the…
I’m a little late at getting this up because we got back late, and I slept in. Using the AirBnB experiences section of their application we booked a small boat tour of the Cinque Terre region of Italy. Using Florence…
Generally a city has two or three things that brings tourists through it’s gates. Florence has many but today I found two and I’m ready to declare a winner. Walking tour Our morning was spent wandering through parts of Florence…
Coffee is the most important part of my day. Without it I am a empty shell of a human. Our apartment in Florence came with a moka pot. I have never used one of these but the night before I…
Venice was nice but the city had failed to grab our interest. Perhaps it was the short time we spent in Venice or the 82 steps to get to our apartment. Our last morning in Venice we ate breakfast and…
First and foremost Venice is super touristy. Our AirBnB even has an American coffee maker!! I almost cried at the sight of it and I’m even getting emotional writing this. I don’t think locals even live on the island of…
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