Today is National Virtual Vacation Day. And as we’re navigating this crazy COVID-19 situation and are living under the Safer at Home order here in CA, I’m dreaming of the day when our friends and family are safe, and we can travel in real life again. So, in honor of the holiday, let’s continue our… Read More Northern Italy – Venice
Alas, the largest lake in Italy, and the place that inspired our entire trip! Covering over 143 square miles and about 1,150 feet at it’s deepest, its waters are shared between 3 provinces: Verona, Brescia and Trento. The scenery and the range of available activities around the lake can satisfy any traveler looking for variety… Read More Northern Italy – Lake Garda & Verona
Only a short distance from Milan, Lake Maggiore has some of the most beautiful landscapes in the country. It’s the 2nd largest lake in Italy (behind Lake Garda) and borders both Italy and Switzerland. Not far from the east side of Lake Maggiore, and just over the Swiss border, is Lake Lugano. I had no… Read More Northern Italy – Lake Maggiore, Lake Lugano and Lake Como
Enough of this preparing to share. Let’s get on with it! LAX ➡️ LHR ➡️ MXP We took American Airlines leaving Los Angeles at 5:30 pm, which gave us a 3 hour layover in London Heathrow before a quick flight from London to Milan Malpensa. My hubby knows how to pick seats on planes, I tell you what! He really… Read More Northern Italy – Milan
Soak up alllll the info. That’s my style. So I did a ton of research on how best to get around to all the lakes, and pretty much all of the blogs & vlogs we found suggested a car rental, particularly for the northern lakes area. There were a couple times I think we could… Read More Northern Italy – To Drive or Not to Drive?
Oh, Italy. Take me back! What a country. The food, the scenery, the atmosphere… we had an amazing trip! Our travels here were inspired by a single text message from my hubby in September 2018 while he was in Italy on business: Him: We’re coming back to Lake Garda. Vacation spot.Me: You and me?Him: Yea… Read More Northern Italy – Our 10-day Lake-Inspired Adventure
One of our favorite, but fairly recent, traditions as a couple is to travel over Thanksgiving. I hate turkey (unless it’s deli sliced on my club sandwich) and neither of us are particularly interested in the holiday. Don’t get me wrong, I believe strongly in gratitude, but the holiday itself… meh. So, usually we travel… Read More Seattle 2018
It’s even sad to write about it, but Osaka and Kobe were the final stops on our time in Japan. But… what a way to end it! If you missed the first stop, check out the Tokyo post (which also talked about the JR Rail Pass). Also, we did not stay in Osaka or Kobe.… Read More Asia 18 Part 2: Japan – Osaka & Kobe
The next stop on our Japan trip was Kyoto (if you missed the first stop, check out the Tokyo post, which also talked about the JR Rail Pass). Our cousin had to go home and didn’t continue the trip with us, but had helped us a ton and we were ready to be on our… Read More Asia 18 Part 2: Japan – Kyoto
So to start, I realize that I haven’t posted Part 1 yet… that’s because I’m slacking. In fact, I’ve been slacking for over a year. So it’s time to just pull the trigger on what I’m done with and move on. If you know me, you know that Travel and Food are at the top… Read More Asia 18 Part 2: Japan – Tokyo
