Destination: Italy

Day 1: Wine in their Veins

Sun, 1 Jun 2014 | By writing_the_world | Views [4320] | Video

Langhe e Roero is renowned for food with soul and wine with body. It’s also the home of the world-famous white Alba truffles, and the birthplace of Nutella, the largest family-run company in the world. It was only fitting to start our first full ... Read more >

Tags: italy, langhe, passport & plate, piedmont, piemonte, roero, travel, world nomads

My First 24 Hours in Manarola

Sun, 1 Jun 2014 | By elena_valeriote | Views [1870]

My life whole I have wanted to come down the stairs of an airport escalator and be greeted by someone holding a paper with my name printed on it. It seemed to me that this was the epitome of glamour, the indication of an exciting adventure. Yesterday, ... Read more >

Tags: cinque terre, hiking, manarola, seafood, trekking, vineyards, wine

Day 0: Falling in Love with Langhe

Sat, 31 May 2014 | By writing_the_world | Views [3438]

The first time I met Pietro, our host, for what would become my most memorable trip to date, he was complaining. Someone had told him that my assigned filmmaker Carl and I would arrive at his B&B at midday. We didn’t. It wasn’t until ... Read more >

Tags: italy, langhe, passport & plate, piedmont, piemonte, roero, travel, world nomads

Photos: THREE: Langhe e Roero, Piemonte, Italia

Thu, 29 May 2014 | By writing_the_world | Photo Gallery

Photos: TWO: Langhe e Roero, Piemonte, Italia

Thu, 29 May 2014 | By writing_the_world | Photo Gallery

Photos: ONE: Langhe e Roero, Piemonte, Italia

Thu, 29 May 2014 | By writing_the_world | Photo Gallery

Photos: Italian Appennini_rockclimbing

Sat, 24 May 2014 | By barbieriwayfarer | Photo Gallery

Florenz: Die Stadt mit dem besonderen Mix aus Kultur und Moderne

Tue, 20 May 2014 | By vicky79 | Views [2377]

Florenz ist nicht nur eine toskanische Großstadt und die Hauptstadt der Toskana, sie verbindet Geschichte mit Moderne und bietet fast an jeder Ecke eine unvergessliche Entdeckung für Besucher. Nicht zu vergessen ist der besondere Flair, ... Read more >

Tags: florenz, insider tipps, reisetipps

The Polish Prison

Thu, 15 May 2014 | By celinskiadventures | Views [649] | Comments [2] | Scholarship Entry

Once upon I was seventeen years old, I was crying in Rome. I had just arrived in the city and it was late. After 12 days on Polish roads, I was dying to say some words in Italian to anyone. Even a priest. Well, I ended up finding one when I arrived at ... Read more >

Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip

A history of worship

Wed, 14 May 2014 | By elenanikolovska | Views [674] | Scholarship Entry

We walked the streets of Rome for the entire day, looking at all those magnificent creations. The night was still young when we passed Piazza Navona and I thought there could be nothing more beautiful than that big fountain in the middle of the square.... Read more >

Tags: 2014 Travel Writing Scholarship - Euro Roadtrip

Introduction

Mon, 12 May 2014 | By hallietraveljournal | Views [404]

Since I am 7 months into an 8 months trip, I'll start with an overview of where I've been and what I've done so far: October 2013- I did a month long TEFL program in Florence, Italy. It was absolutely amazing, and by that I mean Florence was amazing, ... Read more >

Tags: get to know me, intro, itinerary

Photos: Me & My Travels

Sun, 11 May 2014 | By hallietraveljournal | Photo Gallery

Madonnari

Sun, 11 May 2014 | By madocflynn | Views [482]

Raindrops are splattering on the canvas rolled out on the street. Making the chalk pastels swirl in the droplets. Kaleidoscopic vortexes appearing all over the work-in-progress replica of ‘the school of Athens’ by Raphaelo. At this point ... Read more >

Tags: first time, roadtrip

Cafe Florian

Fri, 9 May 2014 | By chiacchierare | Views [514]

An almost non existent breeze still managed to find its way all the way from the piazza into the café. I leaned back into the velvet-upholstered chair and observed the wall paintings as I waited for my order to arrive. Beautiful men and women ... Read more >

Tags: cafe florian, eating, goethe, san marco, venezia, venice

Opera in the Roman Arena

Fri, 9 May 2014 | By chiacchierare | Views [565]

The crowd was growing quiet as the darkness settled over the arena. A rustling noise announced that the candles that had been handed out at the entrance were being unwrapped. The few with lighters lit their candles and slowly the fire spread across benches ... Read more >

Tags: events, opera, roman arena, verona