Since this will likely be the last travel blog post of this exciting journey, I’ll start with the summary: Mathis and I are great travel...

We jammed in more amazing attractions (like adult Disneyland) before packing up to fly home. Piazza Navona and some cool areas right...

One of our traditions when traveling in the U.S. and abroad is to take the double-decker red bus around a new city. We don the cheap...

It’s the height of tourist season in Italy. We knew that going into this journey. We would be two of the hundreds of thousands who swarm...

Mathis arranged a cooking class and sunset tour of Sorrento bay. What fun! Our semi-private cooking class taught us how to cook gnocchi...

We are so glad we added this region to our itinerary. Sorrento has been a fabulous base camp to explore and to tour from. Mathis and I...

Our eleven days in Tuscany ended, and we squished in so many different experiences. We booked an appointment to see the Uffizi Gallery...

What a wonderful surprise! Lucca is the perfect small-town, adorable ancient village of Tuscany. We booked a train ticket from Florence...

Walking out of the train station, we stood there in amazement. Wow, wow, wow. We took the train from Florence to Venice and spent two...

A famous Italian proverb is, “Age and glasses of wine should never be counted.” (Anni e bicchieri di vino non si contano mai) To beat the...

Siena is a short train ride away from Florence and worth it. It was a nice break from the more crowded towns and had lovely architecture....

We had high expectations for our full-day excursion to Cinque Terre from Florence. We have seen so many beautiful pictures and felt that...

We spent the entire day out and about to see the significant sights. Fortunately, based on the advice from this Facebook group, we booked...

I know, I know...it's so early in our trip; how can we know what the most critical Italy-in-the-summer travel items are? We've used it...

August 1 For all seasoned travelers (or novices!), we highly recommend starting your city touring with the red double-decker Hop On, Hop...

We arrived in Florence at 3 pm from Rome and checked in to a beautiful Airbnb. After that, we headed straight out for the streets, and...

1st Day: Our mission is to "get lost often", eat gelato every day, walk enough to eat fabulous food, and cherish the culture. We're doing...

2nd Day Thankfully, United Airlines got us to Rome safely. We flew from LAX and got to have dinner with our nephew Milo Frank! Flights...