Italy Travel Blogs - Page 10

I was on a three-month backpacking trip through Europe and I was scheduled to fly out of Rome. I had met up with several friends new and old during my trip but at this point in the summer I was traveling solo. Unfortunately I had slightly misjudged my budget/blown all my dough on museums, ballets, …

My last post covered one of my favorite ride/runs that my buddy and I found in Tuscany.   A lot of the time our trips out of town did incorporate both running and riding and I’ll definitely share more of those routes later.  Today I want to share some of the rides that constituted …

A very good and happy new year to all you, as I wish to start. I enjoy reading the travel diaries on this website, and I hope you enjoy reading mine. My quest for 2007 is to explore more in-depth parts of Europe. Before this trip to Italy today, I have already visited thirteen countries. Italy bein…

Today we leave Rome and go to Napoli. For me it's the first time in Napoli, so I am super excited. Adding to this is a bus being 1.5 hours late (major traffic jam on the highway) and a collague/boss being whiney about visiting the Vesuvius...aaargh, the man never participated in any planning or wha…

Arriving in Rome FCO early in the morning, i rushed quickly to get my cappuccino at one of the cafes. Truly made my day as i started my journey heading south to Muro Leccese (656km from Rome). Hired a medium size fiat punto benz with a GPS (that did not help) that much. 150 km through the Autostrad…

Today, we traveled from Klagenfurt, Austria all the way here to Padua. It is a small old historic town about 30 minutes outside of Venice. Klagenfurt was a fun, relaxing stop on the way here. It was a charming Austrian town with a great Macdonald's! The drive through the northern Italian mountains …

It's the biggest of the italian metros at all, and it grows so there is no way that other cities in Italy could get larger system. But... it's very black metro, not even 'dark' but 'black'. It's because the pavement is made of something black. Besides it seems to be full of every kind of garbage on…

studying italian in Rome during the summer, weekend trips to Venice and Florence i giorni piu belli della mia vita. tornare a roma, rivedere alcuni amici, e fare tutto ancora una volta.... devo pensare spesso a quel tempo e gli amici che dovevo lasciare lá.... MOMENTI BELLI CHE RESTANO COSI' IMPRESSI NELLA MENTE PER SEMPRE....

The Archeologic site of Ercolano is just under the Vesuvio, a few kilometers from Napoles. My impression is it is smaller and better keeped than Pompei: you can see all the street and the buildings and you fill like you were in year 79 d.C. (so sometimes take a look at the Vesuvio...). To go there …

We arrived to Athens about 8:30 or so in the morning I think it was. Somewhere around that time? I woke up just as we were coming into the port and everyone was gathering their stuff together. Right away we took the metro to the train station and caught the train to Parga I think it was to then cat…

We started the day with a nice breakfast on a terrace in the town centre. It would have been a waste not to try a coffee in Italy... I still don't like coffee, even Latte coffee! I climbed up to the Cathedral (via Della Cattedrale, nice way). From there, there is a nice view of Trieste. I could no…

Venice, WOW!  This city definatly tops Paris as the city of love.  This place is absolutly beautiful!  I want to come back when I'm older (with company, preferably male and married to me).  The best part about the city is there are no cars.  It's so nice and peaceful. …

Helen was already on the terrace for breakfast when we arrived and Earl was still in the sack so, again, the three of us ate together. Earl joined us just before 10:00 and we set out via some small steps that descend in front of our rooms for Piazza di Spagna where we grabbed a taxi to the Palatine…

I arrived here yesterday and I am enjoying every minute of it. The plane ride from Germany was quick, 1.5 hours. The weather here by far has been the warmest since I have been in Europe, four months ago. I spent much of my time touring Rome. I went to Coloseum, Panteon, Trevi Fountain, Vatican City…

(cont'd..) As soon as we're done, we headed inside this open-ended elegant glass-roofed building called Galleria Vittorio Emmanuelle that is adjacent to the plaza. As it was getting dark, we had the best time looking up to wonder at its centre crest now …