Tasting Wine and Truffles in Alba, Italy
From Bologna, we traveled to the northwest of Italy, to Piedmont. On our last trip to Italy in 2018, our friends Pete and Kari joined us in Siena, then they traveled up to Piedmont...
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Bologna: Europe’s Oldest College Town
I’ve always enjoyed visiting college towns – from Ann Arbor to Madison, to Cambridge, both Massachusetts and the UK. In 2021 we visited Coimbra, the home of Europe’s second oldest university, so this time,...
Two Weeks in Siena
We traveled to Italy and Provence in the fall of 2022 and it was great to get back to more normal traveling – no pandemic restrictions, no masks required – but the crowds were...
Rome: at home in Italy’s Capital
Last fall we made our fourth trip together to Rome. It’s nice to come back to a city that we know so well, yet we always find something new to discover. We always feel at...
Siena, home of the Palio
Siena, the home of the Palio, has held a special place in our hearts since Mark lived there in the fall of 2014. It’s a magical walled city in Tuscany, about an hour from...
Wine Tasting in Tuscany (via Siena)
If you’ve ever tasted wine in Napa or other wineries in the US, you might think you are ready for wine tasting in Tuscany. But Italian vineyards operate a bit differently than what you...
Lucca: wrapped in a wall of culture
We love Tuscany and everything about it, the landscape, the food, the wine. Recently we got a chance to visit Lucca, a medieval walled city west of Florence which several friends have recommended as...
Three Days in Cinque Terre (via Genoa)
We love Italy and we love the outdoors so we have been looking forward to visiting the Cinque Terre, the famous Italian “five towns” on the Mediterranean. We tried to go a few years...
Smart Apps and Travel Tips for Italy in the Fall
Last fall we traveled to Italy to see a few new places and revisit two of our favorites. We share our insights to help you plan for your next trip.