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Two weeks in Tuscany: Week 2
We didn’t want the hassle of having to travel far for our second week and were able to find what looked like a nice place to stay just outside of Montalcino, so we decided to stay in Tuscany for a second week. The new place, Castello Brunello, was fantastic… super well done, incredible views, great…
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Two weeks in Tuscany: Week 1
With ~3 weeks until we can move into our new apartment, we decided to go somewhere we know that we like: Tuscany. We booked an Agriturismo (basically a farm that produces food/wine and also has a hotel) about an hour outside of the Pisa airport in the Chianti region and hoped for the best. It…
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New place! Verona, Italy
“Two households, both alike in dignity,In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.From forth the fatal loins of these two foesA pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life;Whole misadventured piteous overthrowsDo with their death bury their parents’ strife.The fearful passage of their death-mark’d…
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Italy Saves the Day Again (Milan)
After the horrible air pollution in Santorini, we left after only one night. But where to go? Santorini (thankfully) has an airport (many of the Greek islands do not), so we looked at options flying out the next day, cross-referenced the air quality in those places and decided on Milan. Ryan had been once for…
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New place! Milan, Italy – Urgent escape from Greece
Well…. Santorini didn’t work out so well. We have now learned 2 things: 2. More unexpectedly… we learned that the Sahara dessert which stretches across most of northern Africa can have huge sandstorms that can blow sand and dust far to the north and have a huge impact on the air quality across all of…
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Visiting Cinque Terre
Cinque Terre is a collection of 5 villages on the coast of Italy that historically could only be accessed by boat or footpaths (I read that they were originally goat paths) between the villages. They are basically famous for being really, really pretty, and lots of people go to hike along the paths connecting the…
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New place! Cinque Terre, Italy 4/25 (by way of Lucca)
2 nights was enough of Bologna for us. Our next destination was Cinque Terre and we initially thought it would be cool to rent a car and stop by Modena and Parma on the way. We were looking into parmesan cheese factory tours outside Parma and realized that most everything was closed on the Thursday…
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New place! Bologna, 4/23
We’ve heard good things about Bologna. Apparently it’s the “food capital” of Italy and home to Bolognese sauce as well as very close to Modena where Balsamic Vinegar comes from and Parma where parmigian cheese and prosciutto come from (among other foods). It’s a ~3 hour train from Rome. We’re excited to check it out…
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Rome
Rome is spectacular. 2 years ago we took a family trip to Italy and had one day in Rome right before returning home. We hustled through the city, but had a fantastic time. Coming back we were excited to spend more time there (though also a little nervous that it might not live up to…
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New place! Rome 4/19
We decided we could use a break from Spain, so hopped an Iberia Air flight to Rome. We had spent only a single day in Rome on a prior family vacation and loved it, but barely scratched the surface on the many things to do there. So, great Italian food plus some amazing sites seemed…
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