Cinque Terre Day 1: La Spezia and Riomaggiore
Elizabeth Soule
While we needed the help of a taxi to get our bags up the hill to the Air BnB, gravity did most of the work in getting them back down…
Day 3 Florence: Museum Madness
Most of the big tourist sites in Florence work on a reservation system now, including museums, so it’s important to figure out those time slots first and then plan the…
Florence Day 2: Piazzas and Gardens
Since our Air BnB was located just up the hill from the bridge Ponte Vecchio, we started our day by crossing it into the center of Florence. The only bridge…
Florence Day 1: Arrival and Exploring
To travel from Rome to Florence, we took the high speed rail train run by Italo. Since we bought our tickets months in advance, we got a great deal on…
Rome Day 4: Meandering
While we are both “planners” when it come to travel, sometimes flexibility is a necessity. We originally planned for a day trip on Day 4. By the end of Day…
Rome Day 3: Ancient Rome
Our feet still aching from the long day at the Vatican, we made our way to the Colosseum early in the morning for our tour. We booked our tour through…
Rome Day 2: Vatican City
Jetlag won again on Day 2, and we were both up at 4:30. That meant it was no problem for us to head over to the Vatican for an early…
Rome Day 1: Exploring Centro Storico
While we planned an early morning originally, jet lag got the best of us and the morning started very early indeed with both of us up by 4:30am. We took…
Flight to Italy
Things got off to a less than ideal start when we tried to use the self-checkin kiosks at SeaTac, hoping to just print our luggage tags so we could drop…
A much nicer day in the Golden Circle
Mervin
Thankfully the next day though cloudy was much nicer than the relentless rain the previous day. We quickly had a early breakfast and drove to the most famous tourist loop…