Town of Sorrento, Italy The town of Sorrento is a small coastal city in the southwest part of Italy and is located close to the Amalfi Coast. Sorrento is a peninsula that sits on the Bay of Naples. The …
Viareggio and its Beautiful Beach in Italy
Viareggio The Pearl of the Tyrrhenian Sea We visited Viareggio, Tuscany when staying in Lucca. A short train ride away, we came to this beautiful seaside town. Upon exiting the train, we noticed something special. Something very striking about this town. …
The Charm of Salerno, A Jewel Found in Campania
Salerno, Italy While living in Italy during our year in 2019, Gary and I wanted to visit the town of Salerno. Salerno is a port city just southeast of Naples in the Campania region and sits on the Gulf of …
Spoleto, Italy | Enjoy the Day With Us
Spoleto, Italy We weren’t sure what to expect when arriving in this small medieval town. We hadn’t seen photographs or heard much about it. It was, however, conveniently on our train line when staying in Arezzo in Umbria. We looked …
Trento | Enjoy the Beautiful Town in Northern Italy
Trento, Italy Gary and I stayed one night in Trento at a lovely B&B located across the street from the castle. We stopped here during our train trip to Innsbruck, Austria. We were staying in Verona at the time and …
Discovering Lake Como | Amazing Time With Friends
Lake Como Our first visit to Lake Como was in October 2019 when we met our friends from New York there. My best friend Sue and her husband along with their son were heading to Italy for vacation. We decided …
Enjoy Bolzano | Gateway to the Dolomites in the Italian Alps
Bolzano, Italy Bolzano is the provincial capital of the South Tyrol region and an amazingly beautiful town. We only stopped for one day on the way back from our trip to Innsbruck, Austria so we didn’t get to do everything …
La Traviata by Verdi | A Spectacular Evening
La Traviata Opera Arriving in Verona at the beginning of September we thought the opera season was over. After going to the Information Office, we found out that there was one week left in the season and tickets were available! …
2019: A Very Special Year in Review
2019 has been a very special year for us and Our Italian Journey. After waiting years to obtain Italian citizenship, our dream came true in September 2018. Waiting for this process to entirely unfold was difficult at times. Our spirits …
MARIA Exhibition in Assisi | Not to be Missed!
The Work of Art – The Exhibitions The MARIA Exhibition: On a recent trip to Assisi, we stopped into a church we were passing as we explored the small streets. Upon entering, I stopped – dead in my tracks and …
Final Months 11 & 12 | 1-Year Adventure in Italy
Months 11 & 12 Our final months 11 & 12 in Italy are upon us. Where did a year go? When they say time flies – – they aren’t kidding. There were so many things I was supposed to accomplish …
Attending the Joust of the Saracen in Arezzo
Welcome to Arezzo’s Famous Joust of the SaracenThe Pageantry of the Middle Ages for Modern Times The Joust of the Saracen is a medieval event known as the Giostra del Saracino. This event takes place every June and September …