So you’ve booked your ticket via cruise ship or ferry to or from Rome but you notice something odd. Your ticket says you arrive in or depart from Civitavecchia. Now you’re faced with a couple problems. First how are you going to get from Civitavecchia to your destination and second how are you ever [...]
Often not found in guidebooks, Florence has a fragrant little treasure tucked away through a non-assuming door way near the main train station. Take a minute out of your day and stop by one of the oldest pharmacies in the world.
You probably arrived in Florence by train or bus so finding the main train station [...]
It’s lunch time. Florentine bricklayers, lawyers or working men in general make there way along cobble stone streets to grab a bite to eat. Gathering around a small unassuming window or stainless steel food service cart they discuss the warm weather, yesterday’s soccer match or current politics and order pane di trippa.
All of us have those spots that just make us smile and feel good; those areas that bring a rush of emotion. You might chuckle when you think about them walking down the street and you may even wonder where the person’s next to you is. In the next few paragraphs I’m going to tell [...]
