Month: June 2019

Experiencing the Amalfi coast has long been a dream. Spoiler alert-it was even more amazing than I could’ve imagined. We arrived in Naples from Rome early enough to find our{...}

Rome is another must see on any Italy trip. Not just Rome, but Vatican City. Vatican Museums, Sistine Chapel and St Peter’s Basilica are unbelievable. From Rome, we arrived in{...}

The train we grabbed tickets for and headed to Pisa on, in about 10 minutes from Florence, turned out to be the correct one! Lucky for us since we certainly{...}

Florence is a fascinating city that has a large city look and feel, except that all the buildings are ancient! I love this. Also, there are ancient and magnificent statues{...}

We could not have been more pleased with Venice!! It was  a wonderful, romantic step back in time. It’s like no place else we’ve ever been. All of the streets are{...}

On our journey through Europe, from Amsterdam, down through Brussels/Cologne/Luxembourg/Zurich and into Italy, we started with Milan. Actually, Italy started with Venice!! Milan just happened to be a good place{...}

In beautiful Switzerland, we had an eventful arrival into Zürich at the border. The customs officers boarded our bus, walked thru checking everyone’s passports and asking us basic questions. They{...}

On our Backpacking Through Europe Adventure: 9 countries, 14 days, 24 hours in Luxembourg was our 4th stop. Thinking we were coming and going from Central Station in Luxembourg, we decided to{...}

3rd (and short) stop on our Backpacking Through Europe Adventure: 9 countries, 14 days is Cologne, Germany. This was a short stop, but exceptional. The Cologne Cathedral is massive and we{...}

Wow! Loved the city center with cobble stone streets, all of the old buildings and exquisite architecture. Lots of whimsical art sprinkled throughout the city on the buildings. We stayed{...}