Category: Italy

Why January is the Best Time to Visit Rome

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Have you ever experienced that perfect feeling when your travel timing aligns just right? That’s exactly how I felt last month during our family trip to Rome. At first, we hesitated to plan a visit, concerned by Rome’s reputation for being crowded and hectic. However, choosing to travel in January turned out to be an excellent decision. The city was calm, enjoyable, and far less busy than expected. Read on to see why I believe January is the ideal month for exploring Rome.

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How To Spend 3 Days in Tuscany

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Nothing epitomized Tuscany more to me than Italian Cypress trees, rolling hills, world-famous wineries, the renaissance in Florence, and as the movie Under the Tuscan Sun showed us: a great place to get away from it all. With a few days to spare during my trip to England for a wedding, Mark and I made our way south to explore Pisa, Florence, and the Tuscan countryside. Here’s how we spent our three days.
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Italian Flavor in Switzerland

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There’s nothing better than family, especially Swiss-Italian family that cooks homemade meals when you visit! For the second half of our Swiss trip, Markie, mom, and I headed to Lugano, Switzerland which is on the border of Italy. This area of Switzerland has a very Italian feel to it – architecture and language wise (they speak Italian here) – which we were fortunate to experience. Continue reading “Italian Flavor in Switzerland” →