The few things that we reserved tickets for in advance for our Italy trips were Vatican City, the Colosseum and the Roman Forum, and the Accademia Gallery in Florence. We read about the long lines to get into each one…
Highlights from Rome
Walking around Rome was amazing. Everywhere you look there are ancient churches, Roman ruins, amazing piazzas, and gelato shops. 🙂 But there were a few parts of Rome that were just so breathtakingly beautiful that they stick out in my…
Pompeii – A Day Trip from Naples
This is really embarrassing, but I didn’t even know the story of Pompeii until we started planning our trip to Italy. But once I found out what Pompeii is, I really wanted to make it over there. Since we…
Beautiful Views in Naples
I like alternating my trips between traveling through cities and going to see amazing natural wonders. When I travel to cities I like to learn about history (it is definitely more interesting now than when I had to learn it in high…
Eating Cheap in Naples
Naples was by far the cheapest city that we visited in Europe as far as eating on the go. We weren’t really trying to eat on a budget, but we discovered a couple of awesome places that just ended up…
Naples Underground Tour
On our second day in Naples we decided to take the Naples Underground tour (Napoli Sotterranea). The Napoli Sotterranea entrance was right in the center of the old Spaccanopoli neighborhood, to the left of the amazing Basilica di San Paolo Maggiori,…
Exploring Naples, Italy
I had the hardest time trying to think of what to write about Naples. I think that’s because after the first day in Naples, we came back to the apartment we were staying at and we were both thinking –…
Ă“bidos, Portugal
On our way back to Lisbon from Porto, we stopped by Óbidos, a tiny town completely surrounded by castle walls. It was very charming, with miniature streets and tiny hobbit-like houses. Everything was whitewashed with blue and yellow stripes, and…
A Day in Porto, Portugal
Porto was my favorite city from this trip. It had a mix of everything – beautiful waterfront, tiny ancient streets as well as “normal” pedestrian streets, amazing architecture, and most importantly, Port wine! We toured Sandeman Porto Cellars and got to…
ConĂmbriga Roman Ruins – A Day Trip from Coimbra, Portugal
We took a half day trip from Coimbra to go to the ConĂmbriga Ruins. I was not prepared to be so fascinated by the ruins – I was thinking “so what, we’re gonna see a bunch of old stones.” But when we…