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Fri, 2 Dec 2022 | By pauluiza | Views [67]
How we packed for a 7 week trip with only hand luggage
We are good at minimalist travel. If you have been following us for a while, you know from 2010 to 2012, we backpacked through 35 countries for 2 years, seven months and 4 days. We also travelled ... Read more >
Wed, 1 Mar 2023 | By graynomadsusa | Views [43]
WITH SYRACUSE OUT OF THE WAY and heavy snow making Mt. Etna out of the question, we decided to drive to Taormina for the afternoon. We weren’t particularly interested in another 3 rd Century Greek theater but rumor has it Taormina is famous ... Read more >
Mon, 27 Feb 2023 | By graynomadsusa | Views [41]
TIME WAS RUNNING OUT ON OUR SCHENGEN VISAS forcing us to rush through Sicily our first time here. Four days wasn’t nearly long enough—this time we have 2½ weeks! Coincidentally, it was late February when we first visited so we won’... Read more >
Mon, 6 Mar 2023 | By graynomadsusa | Views [32]
WITH APOLOGIES TO CROSBY, STILLS, NASH and Young, “Our house is a very, very, very fine house” . . . with three cats in the yard, a three-footed dog, two horses, a mule and a flock of chickens.
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Thu, 9 Mar 2023 | By graynomadsusa | Views [31]
YESTERDAY WAS A PERFECT DAY for sightseeing around Agrigento. The sun was shining, the almond trees were starting to bloom and our puffy coats remained in the car. But first we had to survive the drive from our AirBnB at the tippy-top of town down the ... Read more >
Tue, 25 Oct 2022 | By pauluiza | Views [31]
Matera, Molfetta, Bari & Alberobello (Basilicata & Apulia, Italy): 5 trains and 12 hours, it better be worth it
We wake up very early (thanks Giovanni for the great coffee and coffee machine) and make our way to the train station. We are ... Read more >
Thu, 20 Oct 2022 | By pauluiza | Views [30]
Reggio di Calabria, Tropea, & Scilla (including the fishing village of Chianalea) - (Calabria, Italy): Jaw dropping beaches & dramatic hanging villages
Next morning, we wake up early again and after a 2.5 hour train ride, we catch our 30 ... Read more >
Mon, 13 Mar 2023 | By graynomadsusa | Views [29]
TRAPANI IS FARTHER FROM PALERMO than I first realized and too far from the airport for a morning flight. We shortened our Trapani AirBnB reservation by a day and booked a hotel nearer to the airport, giving us a full day to spend in Palermo. Palermo ... Read more >
Tue, 18 Oct 2022 | By pauluiza | Views [29]
Catania, Taormina, Siracusa, Palermo & Cefalú (Sicily, Italy): A foodie paradise and the Sicilian breathtaking coastline
We take a flight to Catania in Sicily our base to explore this region. We then take a bus just outside the airport ... Read more >
Sun, 12 Mar 2023 | By graynomadsusa | Views [27]
TRAPANI IS BEST KNOWN FOR SUMMER TRIPS to the Aegadian Islands of Favignana and Levanzo. We never had any intentions of swimming and the stormy seas would keep us ashore but we thought Trapani would make for a good stop before Palermo. If we had known ... Read more >
Thu, 23 Feb 2023 | By graynomadsusa | Views [26]
ALL ROADS LEAD TO ROME. And so do many airline connections. Rather than endure a long layover on our way from Istanbul to Sicily we decided to spend a few days in Rome. His Holiness couldn’t fit us into his busy schedule but we were still able ... Read more >
Wed, 19 Oct 2022 | By pauluiza | Photo Gallery
Catania, Taormina, Siracusa, Palermo and Cefalú
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Sat, 22 Oct 2022 | By pauluiza | Photo Gallery
Reggio di Calabria, Tropea and Scilla
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Thu, 27 Oct 2022 | By pauluiza | Photo Gallery
Matera, Bari, Molfetta and Alberobello
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Thu, 29 Dec 2022 | By steve_and_emma | Photo Gallery
With the limited flight connections from Timisoara we have found ourselves transiting through Bergamo airport on numerous occasions without every stepping foot in the city. Well I did have to stay 1 night near the airport once but the old town situated ...
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Sat, 31 Dec 2022 | By steve_and_emma | Photo Gallery
Bergamo is a fantastic place to base yourself in order to make day trips to the world famous Italian Lakes. So as we were in the neighbourhood, it made sense to check out if they stand up to the tourist hype. We got a train from Bergamo to Varenna with ...
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Mon, 2 Jan 2023 | By steve_and_emma | Photo Gallery
The new year started with miserable weather so we decided to explore another city instead of the countryside. Milano is only an hour away from Bergamo by train so we shuttled over there to check out the city of fashion. We arrived at Central Station which ...
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Tue, 3 Jan 2023 | By steve_and_emma | Photo Gallery
We woke to more rain and clouds but we thought we couldn't just hang around Bergamo so we decided to go a day trip to Lake Iseo despite the inclement weather. We got a bus through the industrial suburbs of Bergamo to Clusone. I'm sure Clusone is a very ...
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Thu, 5 Jan 2023 | By steve_and_emma | Photo Gallery
Lake Garda is probably more famous and popular than even Como so, even though you could do a day trip from Bergamo we decided to stay a couple of nights on the lake to do it justice. We got the train to Descenzano del Garda and were soon checking into ...
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Wed, 22 Feb 2023 | By graynomadsusa | Photo Gallery
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Sun, 26 Feb 2023 | By graynomadsusa | Photo Gallery
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