Italy

Doctor List for Traveling

I’m going to Italy for my honeymoon and I haven’t traveled away from the U.S. that long before. Some of my cousins say we need to have travel insurance for doctors and such, but how likely is it I’d need that even if I had to see a doctor? Are…

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Spring Honeymoon Help

My BF and I are getting married in May, and we’re getting a group present from the family–15 days in Italy! We think we want to go in Northern Italy, but is late May too cold for there? Also, we don’t want to spend the whole time running around…

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Dolce Vita (Part 7) Padova (Padua)

(Padova — Piazza Dei Signori) There are several good day trips one can make from Venice, one of the easiest being to the fun small city of Padova (which we Anglophiles often call Padua).  The city is an easy half hour train ride from…

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La Dolce Vita (Part 6) Murano and Burano

(The canals of Murano) Venice is just an “island community” (actually it’s an amalgamation of 100 smaller islands) in the shallow brackish waters of the Laguna Veneta.  There are several other island communities in this…

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La Dolce Vita (Part 5) Venezia (Venice)

  (Grand Canal, Salut Church, Old Custom House) So it was finally our time to visit the legendary travel destination of Venice.  With increasing excitement we journeyed from Florence through Tuscany and finally over the long…

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La Dolce Vita (Part 4) Firenze (Florence)

(View of Florence from the Piazzale Michelangelo)  It’s hard to imagine a prettier setting for an historic city than the heart of Tuscany; that’s where you’ll find Florence, birthplace of the Renaissance and…

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La Dolce Vita (Part 1) Rome: Ruins of an Empire

(Interior of the Colosseum, revealing tunnels below the floor) One of the challenges in crafting these blog posts is deciding how to best convey my impressions of a travel destination. How to best discuss a city as fascinating and historic as…

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Doctor List for Traveling

I’m going to Italy for my honeymoon and I haven’t traveled away from the U.S. that long before. Some of my cousins say we need to have travel insurance for doctors and such, but how likely is it I’d need that even if I had to see a doctor? Are…

Read More

Spring Honeymoon Help

My BF and I are getting married in May, and we’re getting a group present from the family–15 days in Italy! We think we want to go in Northern Italy, but is late May too cold for there? Also, we don’t want to spend the whole time running around…

Read More

Dolce Vita (Part 7) Padova (Padua)

(Padova — Piazza Dei Signori) There are several good day trips one can make from Venice, one of the easiest being to the fun small city of Padova (which we Anglophiles often call Padua).  The city is an easy half hour train ride from…

Read More

La Dolce Vita (Part 6) Murano and Burano

(The canals of Murano) Venice is just an “island community” (actually it’s an amalgamation of 100 smaller islands) in the shallow brackish waters of the Laguna Veneta.  There are several other island communities in this…

Read More

La Dolce Vita (Part 5) Venezia (Venice)

  (Grand Canal, Salut Church, Old Custom House) So it was finally our time to visit the legendary travel destination of Venice.  With increasing excitement we journeyed from Florence through Tuscany and finally over the long…

Read More

La Dolce Vita (Part 4) Firenze (Florence)

(View of Florence from the Piazzale Michelangelo)  It’s hard to imagine a prettier setting for an historic city than the heart of Tuscany; that’s where you’ll find Florence, birthplace of the Renaissance and…

Read More

La Dolce Vita (Part 1) Rome: Ruins of an Empire

(Interior of the Colosseum, revealing tunnels below the floor) One of the challenges in crafting these blog posts is deciding how to best convey my impressions of a travel destination. How to best discuss a city as fascinating and historic as…

Read More