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Lessons on Dry-Stone Walls, Ravioli and Wine

Mon, 2 Jun 2014 | By elena_valeriote | Views [3749] | Video

First, a bit of background… All across Cinque Terre, the hills are lined with rows of short stonewalls – some are neat and orderly, others are overgrown with plants; in many places, the walls have crumbled into mere piles of rocks. Were ... Read more >

Tags: baking, building, cinque terre, honey, olive oil, ravioli, walls

Sorrento to Siena

Mon, 1 Apr 2013 | By swinginggirl | Views [1695]

Our last day in Sorrento, we actually had to add a day to our hotel stay just so we could see the town we were actually staying in. It poured rain. We decided to visit the intarsia museum (inlaid wood), as Sorrento is known for its extremely high quality ... Read more >

Tags: cathedral, intarsia, siena, sorrento, stripes

Sora, Italia: Part 14

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 | By stptaylor10 | Views [917]

Sunday 10/30 554pm Sora, Italia Here I am, sitting at the Moglie in the pitch black, with my computer and my headlamp, of course. With the time change, it starts getting dark around 5pm and by 530, it's completely dark. Which means we either ... Read more >

My Italian adventure

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 | By ruthygirl | Views [673] | Comments [1]

My Italian adventure this year included Florence, Venice and Rome! We flew from Raleigh, NC to Florence Italy via Newark and Germany. What an adventure. While in Florence which was our first stop we toured the museum, climbed 465 steps up through an incredible ... Read more >

Tags: adventure, italy, rome, shopping

Day 1

Sun, 11 Jun 2006 | By the_nomads | Views [639]

We're off! June 2, 2006 Day 1 of our Round the World trip. After a morning of hurry, hurry, hurry, faster, faster, aaaannnndd - WAIT. This morning was just shy of chaos. Last minute packing, putting things into the attic for storage, cleaning my sister's ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

No One Wears Flip-Flops in Italy

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 | By larasumera | Views [604] | 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 >

We're nearly back in France

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 | By bradenh | Views [517]

Its been a few days since the internet has been crapping out on the boat for some reason so I haven’t bothered to write but at the moment we are docked in Monaco for the night. We went around both Corsica and Sardinia very quickly. The guests must think ... Read more >

Florence or Venice?

Thu, 10 Mar 2011 | By hellas | Views [486]

Well, I must tell you something about my Country! In Italy I've been almost everyway, but my favourite city is Florence. You must know that I live in Venice, a similar place for many aspects. So what do they have in common? They're both an "open ... Read more >

Milan 1

Sun, 7 Aug 2016 | By jaynem | Views [429]

We woke for a late breakfast and decided that today was the today to shop Milan. We walked from the Hotel to Via Buena Vista, one of the main shopping areas and wandered through many of the shops. We talked to a shop assistant about the lack of formal ... Read more >