Teleportation may not have been invented yet, but the fact that we can physically move from place to place around the world with relative ease has to be considered a pretty phenomenal feat in and of itself, don’t you think? While we are fans of slow travel and really getting to immerse ourselves in a […]
Italy
Eating Italy: A Walking Food Tour in Rome
One of the biggest reasons we couldn’t wait to get to Italy was the food! When we heard about Eating Italy Food Tours and their eating expeditions with local foodie experts, our minds and our stomachs could not pass it up. We’d never heard of Testaccio in our reading about Rome, but as it turns […]
Photo a Day Project: Weekly Round-up #37
In this week’s round-up of our ‘photo a day project’, we go from one of the most famous sightseeing cities in the world to one we had never heard of. Given our recent slew of posts pondering why many less frequented cities don’t get the recognition they deserve, you can probably guess which one we […]
Photo a Day Project: Weekly Round-up #36
In this week’s round-up of our ‘photo a day project’, we make our way north to Tuscany and, using the Renaissance city of Florence as a base, we track down some of the world’s most recognised monuments and artworks. Here’s what we got up to this week! ~ August 25th 2014. Ponte Vecchio. After our […]
Photo a Day Project: Weekly Round-up #35
In this week’s round-up of our ‘photo a day project’, we purchase new hiking boots and immediately put them to the test by walking across a border into another country and back. Of course this other country was Vatican City, the smallest in the world, but a country nonetheless. This week also marked the end […]
Photo a Day Project: Weekly Round-up #34
In this week’s round-up of our ‘photo a day project’, we put into practice our newly acquired knowledge on selecting genuine Italian food and tag along on an excellent city walking tour of the Colosseum. ~ August 11th 2014. Altare della Patria. Translating into ‘Alter of the Fatherland’, this enormous monument was built to honour […]
5 Things we Learned about Italy in the First 48 Hours
Every new place we visit presents us with new learning opportunities. Different cultures and norms, add another language in there too, and you’re suddenly thrown into perhaps the most enthralling educational game you’ll ever play. The means to reaching the next level? Dive right in and soak it all up. Learn from your mistakes, then […]
Photo a Day Project: Weekly Round-up #33
In this week’s round-up of our ‘photo a day project’, we check off a few final “biggies” in Paris and get acquainted with our new four-legged friends in Rome. Here’s what we got up to this week! ~ August 4th 2014. Champ de Mars. After almost three full weeks in Paris we thought it was […]
Fit for a Peasant
Ever wanted to feel like you’re in a fairytale? Take a trip to Alberobello in southern Italy and you’re likely to feel just that. With some 1500 gnome-like houses known as trulli, you’ll take a step into a world of miniature. Declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2006, the trulli of Alberobello with their […]