Italy's stunning Mediterranean coastline and climate make it a popular destination to travel to. Rural towns offer a glimpse of traditional Italian life, whilst the bustling cities provide stunning architecture, world-famous landmarks and a vibrant nightlife. Structural remnants of the Roman Empire scatter the country and a visit to a traditional Baths is a must.
Italian cuisine is world famous, and the variety and freshness of Italian produce will make any mouth water - before the ingredients even reach the chef's pan. To work up an appetite, the Italian coast provides opportunities for sailing and water-sports, whilst the northern mountain regions offer excellent skiing destinations.
November 5th 2009Europe » Italy WEDNESDAY 28th OCTOBER - INTO ROME
Arrived into Bari, on the east coast of Italy, just after 8am. Took a while to get off the boat and through Customs (people don’t believe in queues over her ... [full story]
November 5th 2009Europe » Italy WEDNESDAY 28th OCTOBER - INTO ROME
Arrived into Bari, on the east coast of Italy, just after 8am. Took a while to get off the boat and through Customs (people don’t believe in queues over her ... [full story]
November 5th 2009Europe » Italy » Tuscany The number of readers of the blog seems to be dramatically decreasing. I would somehow like to blame this on the financial crisis, and get some kind of government payout, and this actually seems like ... 5 photos[full story]
November 4th 2009Europe » Italy » Lazio » Rome Today we walked a LOT. Our tour guide Massimo met us at our hotel at 9am. He was very well informed and helped us to cover a lot of ground. However, he didn’t score big points for personality ... 75 photos[full story]
November 4th 2009Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Florence It has been a busy few days. Dad FINALLY met me at the train station in Milan at 5:15pm on Sunday. In addition to screwing up his flight, the airline also lost his luggage! (He still has yet to get ... 25 photos[full story]
November 4th 2009Europe » Italy » Veneto » Padua So last week we got a new glimpse of Italy in the small, university town of Padova, which is only about a 30 minute train ride from Venice. The visit was a day trip with our class organized by our pro ... 29 photos[full story]
November 4th 2009Europe » Italy » Puglie » Ostuni
Ok, I guess it's time for a longer installment. There isn't actually any Internet here either, but there is an Internet cafe roughly close by. We went last night but I didn't have time to write an e ... [full story]
October 25th 2009Europe » Italy » Umbria » Assisi First of all, my apologies for dropping off the face of the earth. Well, not literally, but kinda.
Since my last entries I've been from Berlin to Warsaw to Krakow to Prague to Rome (seen my sister! ... 59 photos[full story]
November 4th 2009Europe » Italy » Tuscany » Pisa Wow it's been awhile. We've been biking almost every day since Florence in some pretty remote parts of Tuscany so it's been hard to find time to write.
Biking through Tuscany has been an interesting ... [full story]