As it happens, there are lots of people out there hunting for information about how to get from Rome to Florence or vice versa. And it’s not just because that trip is included on my perfect 2-week Italy itinerary, either (although that would be flattering). No, it’s that these two cities are incredibly common stops [...]

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My friend Amie O’Shaughnessy is back with another article to help those of you traveling to Italy with kids find the best options as far as accommodation goes - and this time she’s here to help with Rome. It’s a big city, and it can be exhausting, so finding a place to stay that’s not [...]

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Some news from Italy for your Sunday reading pleasure: The Constitutional Court in Italy ruled last week that the law Berlusconi instituted to protect him from lawsuits while he was Prime Minister does, in fact, violate the constitution, so the law has been overturned. In the last few weeks leading up to the court’s decision, La [...]

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Many years ago, during a trip through Germany with the husband, we saw a television ad on CNN International that stopped us in our tracks. The vacation destinations advertised on that station were quite different than the ones we saw marketed to US audiences back home, so it wasn’t until that moment that we’d seen [...]

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For the third installment in the series of “best Italy expat bloggers,” I thought I’d highlight the people who routinely look askance at their surroundings and, no matter how long they’ve lived in Italy, are still able to see things from the point of view of the expats they are. These are the bloggers who [...]

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I love Venice. This should come as no surprise to anyone who’s looked around this site at all, but as I never tire of gushing about how much I love Venice, it bears repeating. And heck, even if it doesn’t technically bear repeating, I’m saying it again anyway (and will likely say it about a [...]

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I love reading about the expat experience in Italy, especially in light of the fact that I’m not yet living in Italy myself. I’ve got a long list of expat blogs I follow, and so I decided recently to share some of my favorites with you. Just in case you missed any of the posts in [...]

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Once upon a time, a key part of the preparation of any trip to Europe was the purchase of a Eurail Pass. These days, the proliferation of super discount airlines throughout Europe has made it so some trips are now cheaper if you fly than if you take the train. Even when Eurail passes were [...]

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Some news from Italy for your Sunday reading pleasure: Oh, no! The one airline that regularly had dirt-cheap fares from New York to Italy (especially during the fall and winter) says they’re cutting their US-Italy flights as of October 16th. They say they’ll be back with the same kind of bargains in the spring, but in [...]

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On my very first trip to Italy, I used Venice as my entry point. It made sense at the time based on my itinerary, but looking back it’s quite possible that decision played a huge part in why I fell so completely in love with the country and why Venice remains one of my favorite [...]

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