Cimitero di San Michele – An Island of the Dead
If Venice is named the Floating City, then Cimitero San Michele should be named the Floating Dead. Yes, it sounds eerie, but cemeteries can also…
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Shopping at the Rialto Market in Venice, Italy
The Rialto Market is buzzing with activity; boats pull up to docks and burly men unload crates of blood red oranges and artichokes, locals laugh…
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Postcard from Santa Domingo Spain
I am so happy not to be walking today. This body has made it 90 miles in 6 days through rain, wind, mud, hail, and…
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Island Hopping in Venice – Visiting Murano & Burano
“You have to go to the islands! You have to go to the islands!” everyone kept telling me. Clearly they didn’t fully appreciate my neurosis…
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Venice Travel Tips For Local Experiences
My arrival in Venice was a bit bleak as I looked out the train window. “It can’t rain on my short 4 days in Venice!…
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Postcard from Pamplona
Here’s a little secret: I’m not where you think I am. Do you think I’m in Naples? Surprise, I’m not. In fact, I’ve been to…
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Food and Drink | Italy | Tours
Put These Three Stops on your Amalfi Coast, Italy Itinerary
“I know you, you’ve been here before?” I was stunned that they would remember me after 4 years and countless travelers coming through their doors….
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Food and Drink | Italy | Tours
For an Immersive Local Experience Try a Rome Food Tour
Locals bustle around the market, picking out fresh vegetables and carrying on conversations in Italian with the shop stall owners; the ease in the conversations…
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Maltese Food Staples
As you walk around Malta and Gozo, it’s very easy to simply think that the food is Italian. You will see pizzerias, and pasta restaurants…
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Putting Gozo on the Culinary Map
I followed Philip’s footsteps carefully, trying to place my shoe into his last place he stepped as we walked upwards through waist high weeds and…
