Tag: Italy
The Beauty of Naples, Sorrento & the Amalfi Coast – Driving & Sea Cruising the Amalfi Coast
When one visits Naples, Italy, there are so many choices of sights to see and things to do. Naples itself is a busy, port city. There is a castle overlooking the harbor that is neat to see, but a claim to fame that Naples has (at least for us Americans) is that Naples is the ...
Spring in Tuscany and Florence – Seeing the Main Sites of Florence & Ending the Day with a Tuscan Wine Tasting
There are some places in Europe that are truly awe-inspiring with its history and beauty. Okay, there are a lot of places in Europe like that 😉 In May, after leaving Rome, we traveled to Florence, Italy as part of an excursion with our cruise. Our cruise ship docked in the port city of Livorno, ...
Rome – The Eternal City: How to See the Best of Rome & the Vatican in 2 Days
Why is Rome called the Eternal City? It's because ancient Romans believed that no matter what happened to the world or how many empires came and collapsed, Rome would go on forever. This is our 2nd time visiting Rome, and both times we seem to discover something new or a new vantage point. There's just ...
Picking the Perfect Way to Spend Two Nights in Venice (Venezia), Italy
My parents and sister visited us in Germany during the month of June. This was my parents' first time traveling outside of the US, and when learning that Venice was one of my Mom's bucket list cities...well, I knew I had to surprise them with a trip there. Amanda & I had been to Venice ...
How to See 6 Countries, 3 Continents, and 1 Boat for 16 Nights in April
For Amanda's birthday this year in April, we chose to do a back-to-back cruise with Holland America. The first half of the cruise was through the Greek Islands starting from Rome. And, then once back to Rome, we started the 2nd half of the cruise through the Italian & French Riviera and to Tunisia and ...
Take a Trip to See the Charming Seaside Town of Cefalu, Sicily
After we left the French Riviera, our cruise ship sailed down to Tunisia in Africa. Due to high winds, the captain felt it unsafe to dock in the bay, therefore, we had to skip Tunisia, which was disappointing. But, we set sail for our next destination Palermo, Sicily. There we toured the seaside village of ...
Cinque Terre, Italy – is there not a more beautiful place?
After sailing through the Greek Islands, we took the next portion of the cruise along the Italian coast and French Riviera. Our first stop was the city of Livorno, Italy. From here, we could take excursions either into Florence or Pisa, but since we plan to be back in a year to see those, we ...
Roman Holiday – How We Spent 4 Days in Rome and Vatican City
Living in central Europe for the next three years, we plan to take full advantage of our location to visit as many places as we can. Heck, it's like traveling from North Carolina to New York distance-wise to most places....and, it's to different countries (well, you do go through West Virginia going to NY, so ...
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