Category: Experiences

We love walking around and exploring new areas with James. The Opera House in Florence, also known as the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, is just a few blocks from our apartment in Florence. We have walked around it a few times and one evening we decided to walk up to what we thought was…

In the heart of Florence, there is a sculpture called Il Porcellino (piglet in Italian). It is a tradition to put a coin into the boar’s mouth and make a wish as the coin falls into the grates below. In addition to being good luck, this also ensures a return to Florence. It is a…

Our Airbnb in Florence has a really nice book with recommendations on what to see, do and eat. One of the recommendations was for the 600 year old perfume shop in an old convent called Santa Maria Novella.

The first thing we do when we arrive in a new city is head to the grocery store. We arrived in Padua, Italy (Padova in Italian) and once James was comfortable in our Airbnb we said goodbye and started

The Peggy Guggenheim Collection is a modern art museum on the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy. Chris isn’t a big fan of modern art so I decided to visit this museum alone one day. It is a small but nice

Venice, Italy really is one of those cities you could get lost in. You want to get lost in it! I actually read a great tourist tip: if you pass a shop where you want to see inside you better do it NOW.

I love architecture and big beautiful ballrooms. So I knew I would want to see the Ca’ Rezzonico museum while in Venice, Italy.

The museum is right on the Grand Canal:

The main ballroom was

Don’t be overwhelmed or afraid to ride the water buses in Venice, Italy. We are here to help!

Here is some helpful terminology on the water vehicles in Venice, Italy.

Vaporetto (plural,

This is definitely not the kind of fountain you see in the US!

What does James think of the Fontana Delle Tette? What do you think of it? We jokingly called it the “Titty Fountain” because

Well yes they do! And Pringles Tortilla Chips are awesome too. We picked some up at the store… actually they were in the basket before I could fully understand the taste sensation I was about to

Near our place in Milan we kept passing this spot that we couldn’t figure out.

Was it a restaurant? Was it an office?

At times it seemed to be both and maybe more, so we decided to check it out and

We knew we wanted to see Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper while in Milan, Italy. But we also knew that you needed to get tickets in advance – sometimes weeks in advance! We didn’t plan far enough

I love window shopping! There are so many stores here in Milan that I enjoy walking past to see their window displays. They usually change them every day or so, too! They also put little signs next

We are really enjoying Milan, Italy! Here are some highlights of our visit so far!

James was due for a groom while we were in Milan so we took him to Dog Model. Luciana has lots of Barboni (Poodles)

Here are a few of our favorite photos from our stay in Verona, Italy!

You know you are in Italy when the grocery store has an amazing selection of fresh pasta:

The churches and cathedrals

We were walking around Verona, Italy one night and decided we should go check out Juliet\’s Balcony – Casa di Giulietta.

Three of Shakespeare\’s plays are set in Verona: Romeo and Juliet, The Two Gentlemen

It is funny how we didn’t really have a plan on what other cities we wanted to visit near Vienna. But somehow the right places found their way onto our calendar! Verona, Italy is one of those cities.