Last stop – Florence! We arrived by train at almost 10pm and walked right over to our hotel, which I immediately fell in love with! As soon as we dropped our stuff in our room I headed for the 5th floor where I knew (from my TripAdvisor and website stalking!) that I’d find a small … Continue reading
It’s taken awhile, but it’s time to talk Venice! If you missed my first trip review post on our time in Rome you can find it HERE! Jason and I arrived in Venice early afternoon and easily found our hotel only about a 5-6 minute walk way from the train station. We dropped our bags … Continue reading
So, we’re back home. And it’s snowing. We spent our last few days in Italy in Florence visiting the David, seeing the sites and biking through the hills of Tuscany… …and of course drinking lots of delicious wine! We even brought some wine, olive oil and cheese home with us (and boy were we relieved when we … Continue reading
Ciao friends! We’re on the train leaving Venice and on the way to Florence! Venice was lovely, but definitely more crowded and more touristy than we expected! This morning we got up early and saw the city the way it was meant to be seen – by foot and by water, we went for … Continue reading
Buongiorno! Rome has been AMAZING and I can’t wait to tell you all about everything we’ve done over the past 4 days! We hit 1 snafu when we arrived for our full day cooking class only to be told the chef was sick and they needed to cancel, we were bummed, but hey, it was … Continue reading
Well, it’s finally here – today we’re off to Italy! Our flight is at 5:30pm tonight and we land in Rome early on Thursday morning and have a full day ahead of us (let’s hope we’re able to get some sleep on the plane!). I’m really not sure how much I’ll be sharing on social … Continue reading
Welcome to another edition of “Trip Planning”! I love researching and planning trips and thought it would be fun to share some of my favorite resources and tips as I plan a trip to Italy for Jason and I in March. Today we’re talking savings tips! I really enjoy taking tours when I travel. … Continue reading
A few weeks ago I wrote a post talking about how I was starting to research and plan a trip to Italy for Jason and I in March. I initially had been planning on looking for a nice organized tour group that fit the dates we could travel and was visiting the cities we wanted … Continue reading
For years Jason and I have talked about going to Italy. Unfortunately with our schedules when we both used to work in professional hockey, the only time of year we were able to go would have been summer and honestly, as much as I wanted to go, the idea of standing in un-airconditioned museums in the brutal … Continue reading
A few weeks ago during one of the Tuesday night #BibChat’s, we were discussing how to find safe places to run while you’re traveling and I thought it would not only make a fun topic for a blog post, but why not invite other bloggers to join me in each writing about running in the … Continue reading
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