Una settimana nella vita August 8th 2007 Amanda and I leave tomorrow morning for five nights in Rome. We found an apartment on craigslist that will put us in the heart of the city. Rome is my favorite place in all of Europe and I can't wait to return as a seasoned traveler so I can skip whatever mandatory sights/ sites are required of every new tourist and focus on my favorite parts. I'll take hours wandering the Villa Borghese admiri ... read more
Europe » Italy » Veneto Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more
It was August, September, October, November, December 2006 when Amanda and I talked of quitting New York and moving to Italy. Always it was "next year, save up, we'll make time next year to do it." Winter 2007 turned into spring and there we were at dinner on Seventh Avenue one late April evening when we said what the heck are we waiting for, the time is now. So we quit. And we moved out. Now we're in Veneto, IT and life ain't bad.
I know you've thought about the same and you've got tons of excuses why you can't travel the world for more than your vacation allotment. Well, all excuses... full info