Besides the amazing museums, architecture and general feeling that you’re walking through history, my favorite part about Italy is the food. Everywhere you turn you can find delicious pasta, melt in your mouth gnocchi, pizza unlike anything you’ve ever tasted and of course gelato to make you drop to your knees and praise the ice…
Category: Italy
Five Must see Pieces of Art in Florence
As the birthplace of the European Renaissance, Florence has awe-inspiring works of art and architecture at every turn and it’s impossible to see them all in a short trip, but this past weekend, we tried to squeeze in as many as possible. Traveling my friend Kaitlin, who’s a photographer and fellow artist (and our husbands),…
La Cinque Terra and La Spezia in 48 hours
If my 12 hour journey to La Spezia earlier this month (documented here) was a chaotic mess filled with one stressor after another, my 48 hours in La Spezia and the villages of Cinque Terra (and even a few hours in Bologna) were the exact opposite. Most of my weekend was filled with warm sunshine,…
Two Tickets to Italy…on Ryan Air…Via Stansted Airport
This weekend we made an amazing whirlwind trip to Italy to see Cinque Terra (the famed five beach cities that everyone loves to take photos of) and our dear swing dance friend, Saskia who was visiting from California. But this will have to be two separate blogs. Because I am sure I could write an…
Fernweh Findings 