The City of Water, The Floating City

I have to say, we were not sad about leaving Rome. Since arriving in Genova, we felt a sense of anxiety and pressure and although the sites were the most amazing things to see, with so much history and obvious culture, we were not in a state of relaxing for sure. Our last main stop…

Pompeii, A City For Your Bucket List

Onto my most anticipated cities–Pompeii. We had learned about Pompeii last year and we’re excited to see it come alive. And alive it did! Along with Pisa, this was my other most favourite site we saw in Italy. Pompeii is not just a few blocks of ruins, it is immense in size and nearly completely…

When In Rome…

Getting to Rome was easier than we thought it would be and we were anxious to get out and explore. We made camp a bit north of the city center, but still about 10-15 minutes from all the main events. What was most striking is that driving through the city, ruins were everywhere. And then,…

Leaving the Land of Croissants, Entering the Land of Gelato

We both begrudgingly and excitedly left Nice for Italy. Ten minutes into the drive, we were there! It’s a funny thing that two countries, exactly right next to each other, with similar roots, can be so different–and so different so fast. Already, the highways were different. Instead of winding along the coastway, causing even the…