Destination: Italy
There are [626] stories and [11312] photos from Italy
Most Recent | Most Viewed | Most Commented | Most Interesting | Random
Mon, 17 Sep 2007 | By audi_jo | Views [323] | Comments [14]
I have arrived at my first helpx spot and i love it! how blessed i am to have this experience as my first. i am staying with a couple, Paola and Paul as well as their 3 children. i left the hostel and manuvuered my way on the trains and buses (quite ... Read more >
Tags: Family
Tue, 27 Nov 2007 | By andrewalex | Views [571] | Comments [13]
As we mentioned in our previous blog, on Saturday we arrived in Rome, Andrew green-faced and Alex ready to try out the Roman McDonald’s. As luck would have it, Andrew needed some water when we arrived at the airport, so we went straight to the Termini ... Read more >
Tags: Adrenaline
Sun, 21 Jan 2007 | By gentlesue | Views [855] | Comments [12]
Hello Everyone, We have been gone for 2 weeks and have 1 week left or there abouts. The further along in the trip we go the quicker everything seems to whiz by. Amsterdam lasted forever and Rome just whizzed by. SO far we have stayed in Amsterdam, ... Read more >
Tags: planes trains & automobiles
Mon, 9 Jan 2006 | By snape_and_coles | Views [629] | Comments [9]
Hi Everyone! Will have to be a quick update cause in an internet cafe and typing against the clock for 4 minutes!!!! We're both having a great time and the trip so far has been excellent. So far we've hit Paris, Lyon, Avignon, Nice, Monaco and last ... Read more >
Tags: Contiki
Mon, 26 Nov 2007 | By andrewalex | Views [616] | Comments [8]
For your information, Rrrricardo (aka Tigger and Coco) I posted this (very long, detailed, weekful of stories) blog last night, and as it was saving the computer froze, and so I threw my hands up and painstakingly rewrote the entire entry. Painstakingly.... Read more >
Tags: Food & eating
Fri, 28 Apr 2006 | By sandrad | Views [330] | Comments [8]
TRAVEL
As I leave each train station, it’s as if I leave some part of myself behind - I am already a different person when I arrive at the next station.
7 April 2006
DEATH
Death - I think about dying alot. I’m not scared to die. I would worry more ... Read more >
Tags: Philosophy of travel
Mon, 9 Apr 2007 | By chanty520 | Views [271] | Comments [8]
Happy easter to everyone. Just a recap before i get into what we have been doing lately...we left greece around two days ago. We took a train and then a ferry, more a ship type deal to Bari, Italy...getting there yesterday morning around 8am. We didnt ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Sun, 20 Jul 2008 | By mic-lar-eli-fra | Views [155] | Comments [7]
Ciao a tutti, ho creato il giornale di viaggio su questo bel sito. Siamo ancora in Italia, ma con la testa già protesa alla partenza. Partiremo venerdì da Monaco, non vedo l'ora di arrivare a Delhi anche se oggi ho letto che ci sono 39 gradi. Non ... Read more >
Fri, 19 Jun 2009 | By anijensen | Views [105] | Comments [7]
We blew back across Hungary in one day, spent a night in Graz, Austria, then pushed down South to spend four days in Padua, Italy. The first afternoon we explored Padua on foot, and had our first exciting restaurant episode in Italy: Anita expected ... Read more >
Mon, 23 Jan 2006 | By snape_and_coles | Views [747] | Comments [6]
OK, so the next country on the list after France, was of course, Italy! After leaving Nice, we headed onto; Pisa: We just did a quick stop for a couple of hours through Pisa, and it’s really not worth much more than that! Pretty much it’s 3 major ... Read more >
Tags: Contiki
Sun, 26 Oct 2008 | By larasumera | Views [360] | Comments [6]
Eat! Eat! People keep throwing free food to us...it is wonderful, of course. Today we are going to have Sunday lunch at Carla's home, the woman who rescued us in our lost-lookness our first day in town. It has become the group inside joke, however, ... Read more >
Fri, 5 Oct 2007 | By audi_jo | Views [221] | Comments [6]
Guess it’s time to touch base again in large scale format. I have begun to really enjoy writing these blogs, as they serve as a refection of what I am actually experiencing…it’s easy to get caught up in everything, but when trying to describe even the ... Read more >
Tags: Budgets & money
Sat, 15 Sep 2007 | By audi_jo | Views [197] | Comments [6]
So, it's official...i'm here in Italy! i want to first say thank you to those who i spoke with the day of and night before i left on this journey. those of you who didn't have the "privilege" of talking to me while i was freaking out...i ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Tue, 2 Sep 2008 | By matt_and_mercaders | Views [529] | Comments [5]
This story is dedicated to Terry Summerbell. 5 nights in Rome is quite a while so we thought a day at the local waterpark might be fun. Travelling is about doing stuff,we were told, rather than simply seeing stuff. So we set off on our journey - i´d ... Read more >
Mon, 31 Mar 2008 | By allwelcome | Views [320] | Comments [5]
Of course, it didn’t help that I saw a rat on the first evening. We were drinking wine out side a local bar and I saw the thing trying to get into any doorway that let him in. It was only one, and nothing like India, but iiiiik. You probably ... Read more >
Tags: rats, water
Fri, 11 Jul 2008 | By theunit | Views [295] | Comments [5]
Amber and I are finally settling nicely into Italy. We are spending five days relaxing in a tiny mountain village of La Morra soaking up the local culture, eating too much, and just enjoying each other. Our 2 year anniversary is tomorrow and we are ... Read more >
Thu, 17 Jan 2008 | By mattso | Views [257] | Comments [5]
So I'm getting used to waking up tired even after a good night's sleep, but you have to push on so that's what I did. Fortunately, it wasn't raining but stayed overcast. After grabbing some breakfast at the train station, I caught the Metro down to see ... Read more >
Tags: Sightseeing
Tue, 10 Apr 2007 | By chanty520 | Views [253] | Comments [5]
so we were supposed to take catch a train to florence today, after doing some sightseeing, but we decided to stay just one more day. Rome is amazing: the food, the people, the sights AND the place we are staying at is the best yet, so why rush we thought.... Read more >
Tags: Relaxation
Sun, 13 Jan 2008 | By mattso | Views [236] | Comments [5]
I said auf wiedersehn to Salzburg and enjoyed a great train ride through the mountains into Italy. Viva Italia! Although coming from the Alps into the flat hinterlands of Venice was like driving through Spearwood and South Fremantle - you know the vegie ... Read more >
Tags: Misadventures
Sun, 19 Oct 2008 | By larasumera | Views [183] | Comments [5]
No one. Except the three of us. Boots and stilletos are the thing. As if we needed anything else to point to us as American Tourists. We did a day trip to Pompeii today. It was a bigger city than we expected, and the ruins were of course remarkable.... Read more >
Fri, 17 Oct 2008 | By larasumera | Views [165] | Comments [5]
So this is how I start my second day in Rome... We are staying in an apartment of boys--the nicest boys ever...we are all very proud of their mothers--so Brittany, Erica, and I are occupying their living room/kitchen/dining room space (it is all the ... Read more >
Tue, 29 Apr 2008 | By jess_dan | Views [153] | Comments [5]
we arrived in venice yesterday afternoon to the main station in Venice. However venice is an island just off the mainland, so we needed to catch a bus back to the mainland because thats where our hotel is..its MUCH cheaper to stay on the mainland. Anyway, ... Read more >
Wed, 30 Jul 2008 | By fra_e_mattia | Views [152] | Comments [5]
Ecco...ormai ci siamo! mancano due giorni alla partenza...finalmente! Già è strano partire per la luna di miele un mese e 5 giorni dopo il matrimonio...per andare in Perù poi! Ma chi ci conosce lo sa....con noi queste cose succedono spesso! perchè ... Read more >
Tags: perù, viaggio di nozze, peruetico
Mon, 29 Jun 2009 | By htapawaso | Views [119] | Comments [5]
Firenze! Without a doubt the most beautiful place I have ever been, and it has not diminished at all in the 18 months since I've been here. I have been quite ill, which makes getting around an immensely unenjoyable task. Straight off the train ... Read more >
Wed, 17 Jun 2009 | By htapawaso | Views [88] | Comments [5]
Well I'm in Rome. No it's not that simple. Since I last posted on this blog, I have not shaved, showered or changed clothes. In fact, I have spent almost the entire intervening time on a ferry, bus or train, waiting for a ferry, bus or train, or ... Read more >
