Salerno is a city on the west coast of Italy, by the Amalfi coast. Salerno is very easy to get to by train and makes a good central location to visit both the Amalfi coast…
Amalfi, Italy – Paper Mills and Lemon Trees
Rome, Italy – The Colossuem
Don't make our mistake. Do not go to Rome and get an American breakfast. You will be disappointed. For one thing, we showed up too early at 8:30 for breakfast, the cook doesn't arrive until…
Rome and The Vatican
The Vatican has been its own separate country since 1929 and is the smallest country in the world, both in terms of population and acres. If you didn't book a tour that has special access…
Rome, Italy – Borghese Gallery
Navigated our way from the train to our new guest house. We had the "comfort" room. Guess that means it was one of their larger rooms. Again our host was super nice, providing a map…
Cinque Terre – Five Lands
We find ourselves in Cinque Terre (Five Lands) for a few days. This area is made up of 5 small villages along the coast of the Italian Riviera. The villages are built into the cliffs…
Florence, Italy – Rosario, the car that could?
I started today by climbing the cupola of the Duomo di Firenze (Florence's Cathedral). This Cathedral was started in 1296 and is most noted because of it's large dome over the main cathedral. The dome…
Bologna, Italy – La Grassa (The Fat)
Went to Bologna for the day. It’s only a 35 minutes via the high speed train. The first thing we noticed was the relatively new train station. Come to find out, this train station was…
Florence, Italy – Night Biking
Arrived in Florence and met our apartment host. This time it was a 1 bedroom apartment that had all that Italian charm. In other words, one of the first things our host made sure to…
Verona, Italy – Romeo, Romeo
This time you'll find us in Verona. Got to Verona and jumped on the bus to our home for the night. We realized after about 5 bus stops that we had the right bus, but…
Venice, Italy – The City of Water
Back to Milan to take the fast train to Venice. The train model we were on can reach a maximum speed of 300km/hr (186 mph). Although, when we glanced at the monitor we only saw…