February 24, 2019
The Roman Pantheon After leaving the Tiber River area, we walked, and I recommend walking. Trying to drive there is a nightmare and really unnecessary if you are going to sites throughout Rome. The train system is good as well and the buses, but walk if you can. It feels good to walk after sitting on a plane, train or…
February 4, 2019
St. Peter’s Basilica Here are some tips for taking a tour to the Vatican. Take a tour. Use a tour group that has good reviews. There is always going to be the unhappy person, but take the one with the most positive review Take the early morning tour. Trust me it is worth it. Then you have the whole day…
January 29, 2019
Meta Not quite Naples, not quite Sorento, but in between. How amazing that we could stay on both the coasts of Italy and experience such a difference in coastlines. We drove from Matera, what a drive. OMG. I tell you, driving in a different country has given me perspective on just trying to stay in my own lane…. I have…
December 10, 2018
Matera an ancient city Again, Whitney has found an amazing part of Italy that I had never even heard of until she showed me on the computer. I was to say the least SUPER excited to come to Matera. ZTL is alive and well all over Italy, take heed while driving through any town If you are staying at a…
November 17, 2018
Polignano A Mare.. a walk thru town Walking through town, I took a picture with a nice Nonno (grandpa). He looks confused, well, because he probably was. I sort of ran up to him and asked to take a picture with him. What could he say? I was fast and thankful. I was trying to find the people of Polignano…
November 11, 2018
A beautiful day in San Marino Looking forward to a wonderful day in San Marino was on the “to do” list for us. Lots of driving we have been doing so far in Italy, so it feels good to stop and “smell the roses”, per se. Planning out our day was easy. The castle, some hiking, which is the case…
October 31, 2018
Where will you be in a year? Well I can tell you I never thought that San Marino would be in the books at the beginning of the fall season. That is what this blog is about. Traveling and enjoying life and all the stuff in between. We all have to work and make a living to go on these…
October 29, 2018
Poppi. Who knew? We were going to be driving for a while on day three from Pisa to San Marino, FYI that is a small country in Italy. We wanted to avoid the expensive toll roads as much as possible and a couple hours drive was not too bad right? Ugg, it was a long day, but we found Poppi!…
October 28, 2018
The Cathedral The end of our long day came to an end at the Cathedral and the Baptistery. The Square of Miracles is beautiful. However, I can only imagine during “tourist” season how incredibly full of people it becomes. It was crowded when we were there and I don’t believe that was “tourist season”. In any event, we were able…