Food, Wine and Art From Umbria and Tuscany, Italy
After regrouping in Rome for a couple days after our trip south to Pompeii, we rented a car to road trip through central Italy for the final week of our travels. We were told by our hosts that doing a loop through the region of Umbria, a few hours North-East of Rome, then continuing North-West…
A Short Trip to Pompeii and Napoli/Naples – Archeological Ruins and The Home Of Pizza
Everyone has heard of Pompeii and knows the story of Mount Vesuvius and the relatively instant burying of the city during the volcano’s AD 79 eruption. Over 1,000 bodies were found by modern archeologists, buried by ash in the city, which have been preserved in plaster casts as seen in the picture above. These are…
Our Roman Holiday: Seeing Rome’s Historical Sites Between The Inevitable Pizza, Pasta, Pastry and Gelato Obligations
The whole time we were traveling I was so excited to eventually end up in Italy because I love Italian food!!! Once we landed in Rome, the first thing I did was ask our amazing hosts, Tracy and Jeff, to point us in the direction of some tasty Italian food. Within a half hour of…