The scenery in the Amalfi Coast is as beautiful and breathtaking as friends had raved, and we were giddy to arrive in Sant Agata, the small town close to Sorrento that would be our home base for exploring the area over the 9 days. We were the only travelers staying at the 7-unit gated vacation apartment complex, so it was quiet and luxurious to have the property to ourselves. Called La Campanella the place had a beautiful pool and lounge area overlooking the sea to one side and towards the town of Massa Lubrense on the other, plus a garden of lemon trees growing the region’s famous giant lemons, olive trees lining the driveway and...
Degustazioni
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After our wine tasting adventure in Bordeaux, France, our palates were prepped to explore Umbria & Tuscany. Spending just over a month in Italy gave us lots of time to taste the wine (about a bottle a day at least!), and learn more about their wine from a few organized tastings.The wine...
Tartufi Neri –...
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The region of Umbria is blessed with the perfect conditions for growing truffles of all kinds, and we were lucky enough to learn all about it. We joined our friends Tony and Chris in the small town of Citerna just close to Montone for a guided truffle hunt with a company called Tartufi...
Two Sunny Weeks in I...
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In Rome we picked up our rental car and drove to Umbria, the green heart of Italy right next to Tuscany, known for its hilltop medieval towns, truffles and sagrantino wines. We stayed at a small countryhouse or “agritourismo” as they are called in Italy, named L’Ariete, just...
When in Rome!
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From Crete we took an easy flight to Rome. We spent four days there but definitely could have spent much longer with all it had to offer. We did, of course manage to see several of the major must-do tourist sights. For most we opted to avoid ticket line ups and view them from the outside. We...
Vernazza, Cinque Terre
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Ok, so we’re a little behind on the blog posts for a couple reasons. Firstly, we haven’t always had easy and reliable access to the internet, and secondly, it’s true, time really does fly when you’re having fun! Since our last post, we’ve been to Vernazza in the Cinque Terre on the Italian Riveria, and to Greece with Josh and Claire Alter (more on that in the next post). It took two trains to get to Vernazza from Villefranche-Sur-Mer, the second of which was a far cry from comfortable. We sat downwind of the toilets…our nostrils burned and I still get nauseous thinking of it…nuff said. But arriving...