Italy

The farm — Thankgiving Italian Style

Today we were due at the olive farm. We took a train to Grosseto and checked out the city before getting picked up by the owners friend Barbara. As we made our way through the Tuscan countryside my... read →

The olive farm — Week One on the farm

We know a lot of you are interested in hearing more about our time working on the farm so I'll try to give you a glimpse into our days. The farm is located just below the village of Giuncarico... read →

The olive farm — Weeks Two and Three

Our second week on the farm began with us having the day off which we took advantage of and headed north to Sienna. We started our tour around the old city and quickly came up to Piazza Del Campo... read →

The olive farm — All Good Things...

After three weeks we decided it was time to move on and start traveling again. With hesitation we packed up our room and made sure we grabbed our stuff which inevitably got strewn all over the house... read →

Florence — David looks cold

Today we toured Florence. The first stop was the Galleria dell Accademia to view Michelangelo's David. We worried that the line might be long but to our surprise we walked right in an within minutes... read →

Florence — Uffizi Museum and shopping

Another long day of touring Florence. We visited the Uffizi museum which was again simple to get into as we had again heard the lines could be from 2-4 hours long at times. Although the gallery did... read →

Florence to Venice — The streak has been broken

We arrived at the train station minutes after 9:00 to catch the 9:30 train to Venice. We decided to buy our tickets using a kiosk instead of the teller with the tickets in our hand we looked to find... read →

Venice — Somewhat lost

After talking to several people about Venice they told us that we were guaranteed to get lost while visiting the town. With our quick tour last night we noticed how true this could be. So we decided... read →

Venice — Venice day two

Last night we looked over our map to see what places we missed on our map less journey yesterday to see what places we should visit today. With a mental image of the map we journeyed out again to see... read →

Venice to Rome — Train tips

After spending too much money traveling by train the last week we finally figured out the train system of Italy and took 3 different Regionale trains today. Venice to Bologna, Bologna to Florence... read →

rome — 10 months

We've hit our 10 month mark. To celebrate we grabbed a delicious slice of pizza. Since Rome has such a vast array of sights to see we tried to split them up to a manageable list each day. Today we... read →

Rome — Vatican City

After seeing many of the sties on the east side of the Tiber river yesterday we decided to crossed over to the west side today to see the Vatican City. Our walk cross town took us around an hour... read →

Naples — The Sistine Chapel and a culture shock

Our second trip to Vatican City today. Since we didn't' make the 12:20 pm cutoff for the Vatican museums yesterday we made sure we didn't make the same mistake today. This was the only sight were the... read →

Naples — Happy Birthday Dad

First off. Happy Birthday Dad. Today we visited the Naples Archaeological Museum which contained many artifacts from Pompeii and Herculaneum. Of the artifacts on display, the mosaics impressed us the... read →

Naples — Buon Natale!

Merry Christmas!! This was our first Christmas abroad and it was definitely different. The weather was sunny and in the low 60's, so no white Christmas this year. We also found the atmosphere in town... read →

Naples — Pompeii

After seeing the artifacts from Pompeii at the Archaeological Museum and getting a brief history lesson from our mp3 audio guide we were ready to see the real thing. Today we visited the ancient... read →

Rome — Back to Rome

Nothing much to write about today. After the train ride from Naples to Rome we checked into a hostel and hit the internet. Since we're in to the holiday season right now travel is expensive and... read →

Rome to Barcelona — Arrivederci Italia

Today was a housekeeping day. We shipped what we think will be our last package home and then caught up on our travelogues a bit. On a side note; Rome is crazy with tourists right now, much more then... read →