Italy Archive

  • Verona | Italy :: Casa De Romeo & Juliet

    Verona | Italy :: Casa De Romeo & Juliet

    Verona is a great side or day trip from Venice, if you have the time.  This quaint town is most famous as the setting for Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet.  Many people consider Verona a more relaxed and pleasant and come here to take a break from the hustle and bustle of Venice. Although fictional, the [...]

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  • Venice | Italy :: City On The Sea

    Venice | Italy :: City On The Sea

    Arriving in Venice, Italy  we were ready to explore the enchanting canals architecture and alleyways while slurping down spaghetti, espressos and gelato! A photographer’s paradise was discovered around each bend; each with more obscure plazas dotted with bougainvilleas on balconies. We could have spent an entire week roaming around Venice, the world’s only pedestrian city, [...]

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  • Taking Europe by Train :: A Eurail Story

    Taking Europe by Train :: A Eurail Story

    We absolutely LOVE train travel in Europe! If you are visiting the continent, you won’t get a true depiction of European lifestyle without taking at least one train journey.  A normal part of every European’s routine, train travel doesn’t have the typical stigma that most Americans think of when traveling without a car.  We are [...]

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  • Norwegian Cruise Lines :: Greek Isles Cruise Highlights

    Norwegian Cruise Lines :: Greek Isles Cruise Highlights

    How much do we love a great cruise?! We sailed the blue seas over to Alaska in August 2009 and kept our eyes open for any other cruising opportunities as we traveled – before you could say ‘ahoy matey’ we were booked to cruise the Greek Isles! If you have never cruised before, let’s just [...]

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