Italy Travel Blogs

In Transit to Slovenia
Apr 3, 2004 (3 photos)

... at 7.30pm and I had a very peaceful night's sleep. We were due to dock at 10am. I was on deck quite early to watch Italy approach out of the mist. We were outside the harbour at 9.30 but had to wait for a container ship to leave. All the passengers were ...

The Italian Job
Sep 10, 2007 (35 photos)

... we felt justified to eat our hearts out.  The food was... well, how can one put it?  Did you know DeNiro went to Italy to gain the 60 extra pounds required to play Jake La Motta in Raging Bull?   He knew exactly where to go and how to ...

Under the Tuscan Sun -- mostly
Dec 12, 2004 (46 photos)

... other change in road condition -- and are followed EXACTLY; not so much worry about lanes since everybody minds the speed limits. Italy: There's a speed limit? There are lanes? Why? Nobody uses them - what's wrong with drifting from one lane to the ...

Lake Como Weirdness
Aug 3, 2007 (5 photos)

... ....yep, snow, again, in the middle of summer. What the!!! Within an hour things had changed dramatically. Our last obstacle before Italy was a tunnel, all 17km's of it. Driving in a 17 km tunnel is not my idea of fun. Boring, claustrophobic, carbon ...

Milan for a night...
Jun 13, 2008 (5 photos)

... out in Milan.  A quick drive down to the Milan airport and we pick up Aaron Breeden before heading downtown to watch the Italy - France Euro 2008 game in the Duomo square in Milan.  Of all the games I've seen so far in this tournament, this is ...

Florence and Tuscany
Aug 12, 2007 (9 photos)

3rd-5th August Its Mandy hear, I'm giving Pete a rest as we have a few blogs to get through. We planned to go to Rome and the Amalfi Coast near Naples but after the craziness of Cinque Terre and Grossetto we decided to head towards Florence and ...

Crazy Connections and a Surprise Visit to Tunisia
Mar 25, 2004 (5 photos)

I was up at 6am on Tuesday 23rd March for an early morning cycle to the airport, 5 km away. The manager and some of Tex other residents were already up. The hostel also houses workers. It took just under 30 minutes to pack Tex bike and gear for the flight ...

Map Pin Update
Jul 16, 2007

Genoa pin update

Romantic Rome
Feb 10, 2007 (56 photos)

Hi everybody! As part of our search for sun in the Dutch winter we spent a week in Rome at the beginning of February. We found lots of sun and beautiful weather the first half of the week and plenty of rain the other half, but still had a wonderful time ...

What, you want to pay to use the toilet?
Oct 26, 2007 (51 photos)

... vibrates the table as they say goodbye to the pilot boat and we head off through the small (3km) straight between Sicily and Italy's mainland.   Was hoping to see the island/volcano of Stromboli, but it looks like we're heading too close to the ...

venice
Dec 23, 2005 (18 photos)

... wood. The bedside table next to our bed, constructed with the same material. Breathing the air of the old stones, I feel I am in Italy. Only here the air has a smell full of such history, full of such antiquity, fused with the vibrating waves of mobile ...

Pin Update
Jul 16, 2007

Venice map pin update

Layover in Rome...
Jul 5, 2008

We have to leave to catch a ferry so we can make our flight to Rome and move on to Ibiza, even though neither of us wants to leave.  We make it to the ferry JUST in time but get to the airport with plenty of time to spare before our flight. We get ...

Ahhhhh comme j'ai deteste Venise!
Jul 24, 2007 (6 photos)

Venise est la plus grosse attrape touriste que j ai jamais vu! 40 livres de sac sur le dos, 10 livres d epicerie dans les mains, 40 degres, gros soleil, 1 milliards de touristes dans les rues. Trouve mon auberge fut un supplice! 1 rue sur 10 porte un nom ...

vienna to venice
Dec 23, 2005 (50 photos)

... out of the wagon. Baidi followed. We were the last passengers to leave the train. Outside we felt the warmth. The warmth of Italy. Right away we felt at home. The air was vibrant of a mysterious and energizing power. We walked some paces. We stopped. We ...

A Slice of Italy
Apr 18, 2006 (125 photos)

... is waiting with hungry Napolites for pizza at the aforementioned Pizzeria da Michele: AMALFI COAST DRIVE The Amalfi Coast is Italy's version of the U.S. Highway 1 - only even more narrow, more steep, and more miles of beauty. The road winds along ...

The Wheels on the Bus II
Jun 14, 2007 (3 photos)

Even when the child is not yours, nothing galvanises a mother into full alertness like the sound of someone in the bedroom vomiting... Liz had a migraine. The full works, might-need-the-pethidine-shot type migraine. At best, a cocktail of lesser ...

"The Wall"
Jun 10, 2007 (12 photos)

Please read NOTHING into the fact that there has been an excess of Pink Floyd albums as titles for entries. Never did like them... one thing the spouse and I disagreed on re music. "The Wall' however was the starting point for today's exploration. La ...

"Wish You Were Here II"
Jun 5, 2007 (9 photos)

An overcast day - not the stuff for postcard photographs but perfect for walking. We bought our two-day pass that gives us access to the walking trails of the Cinque Terre National Park and unlimited rides on the trains connecting and the 'environmentally ...

Padova or Padua
Jun 26, 2005 (3 photos)

Our departure from London was frantic and rushed. Not what I had envisaged. 0445 arrived on Sunday 26 June and we were loaded up, waving goodbye to Petley Road and heading for Gatwick airport! We flew into Venice but were using Padova (or Padua ...

Roma day 2
Aug 4, 2007 (13 photos)

We were off to the Vatican amongst other things today, but not the Sistine chapel - the queue was a complete nightmare!  We had a mosey around St Peters Sq, then decided to go into St Peter's Basilica, which was actually free to get into.  The ...

Vatican City
Mar 21, 2008 (21 photos)

Day 21 We woke up and ate breakfast and found a café to buy snacks for our tour of the Vatican City. We paid 35 Euro's for the tour guide but let me tell you, it was well worth the money. First off you get to skip the line, and that's worth the money ...

Does it really stink?
Jun 27, 2005 (3 photos)

Venice is lovely and doesn't really stink. David was willing to give Venice a second chance after a bad experience in 1998 which had left him with a bad taste. He'd been denied entry into St Mark's Cathedral as being inappropriately dressed because ...

The Eternal City.
Apr 25, 2006 (32 photos)

Finally some vacation!!! It was about time after close to three months of hard work in Madrid. I have just spent a long sunny weekend (Friday to Tuesday) in the Italian capital with my good friend and travel buddy Alf Kåre. As opposed to the weekend back ...

Ciao Italia...
Jul 30, 2006 (10 photos)

... . Hiking the high path in Cinque Terra. Reading War and Peace in the Boboli Gardens. All the fireworks. Almost getting a tatoo. Italy winning the world cup. Wine on the beach. Wine in the square. Wine on the terrace. Just...wine. Getting lost ...

"Little Cloud"
Jun 6, 2007 (5 photos)

A train today from one end of the Cinque Terre to the other - Monterosso - the largest and most commercialised of the five villages. It also boasts a beach although not a beach as we would consider it! The end with the smaller rocks and pebbles was roped ...

Pisa and Florence
Jul 31, 2007 (20 photos)

Well, the day could have started better....  I missed my train to the airport by about 30 seconds: I was close enough to hear it pulling away from the station, dammit.  But it gave me a chance to wake up slightly more than I was.  ...

la dolce vita - Rome in a day
Oct 27, 2007 (80 photos)

Day 10 (Rome) - 27 October 2007 Up early yet again and out on the front deck as we approach Civitavecchia.  Quite a few ships in port and another following us in.  Head into harbour and pass Galaxy.  Directly ahead of us is a ...

Life in the Lemon Orchard
Jul 24, 2006 (30 photos)

It's funny how things work out sometimes. There's so many what if's and simple twists of fate in life that I often wonder how my life would be different if it had taken me a minute longer to finish my coffee or if I had turned left instead of right. Why ...

Boboli Gardens
Feb 21, 2007 (8 photos)

(C) Yesterday we went to the Pitti Palace to buy a three-day pass which all the guidebooks said we could get.  This would have given us time in the Pitti Palace museums plus the Boboli and everything else.  Because it was very popular, the ...