We travel a lot and our friends and family are a bit jealous. But I have to remind everyone that we don’t have a stress free life. We have a lot of fun and see a lot of cool places, but sometimes things go wrong. Sometimes we are stupid or ignorant or sometimes we just…
Dear Hosts,
In 2022, we stayed in 25 different Airbnb’s for over 110 days and have learned a lot about what we are looking for in a stay, and how to find it by searching the listings. But it shouldn’t be so hard! It is usually a real challenge to identify if a place meets our requirements…
Rome and Home
The last stop on on the Europe22 trip is 5 nights in Rome. We didn’t really plan much before we got there because we have been there before and know our way around the big attractions. But this was a little problem because many of the places required buying advance tickets a couple weeks in…
Palermo, Sicily
By this time, we have stayed in 4 different Sicilian towns and visited several others and felt like we had a great feeling for Sicily, but to really say we have seen Sicily, we need to see the capitol. So, in our farewell to Sicily planned 8 days in the heart of the big city…
Trapani, Sicily
After our fantastic evening in Agrigento at the Valley of the Temples, we still had the rental car for another day to get to the other side of Sicily. Having a car enables us to find some off the beaten path things to do and M found us a good one. We went to Il…
Sunset in the Valley of the Temples. Agrigento, Sicily, Italy
We really prefer trains or buses for budget and carbon footprint reasons but sometimes they aren’t convenient to what we want to see. The Southern part of Sicily doesn’t have good transportation but it does have a lot of ancient Greek and Roman ruins that we really wanted to see. So we ended up renting…
Syracuse, Sicily, Italy
We just spent 4 days in an airBnB right in the old town of Syracuse. It was actually on the island of Ortigia which is where the pedestrian zone old town is. 2 bridges connect it to the mainland which is where the ancient ancient part of the city was. Syracuse used to be a…
Catania, Sicily, Italy
We have made it to Sicily! We took a train and ferry from Calabria and I mean we took a train onto the ferry. It was pretty cool. It was like a regular ferry boat but had no cars. Only trains. Our train split in half and the train cars that were going to North…
Tropea, Calabria, Italy
A lot of people traveling Southern Italy go straight from the Amalfi coast to Sicily. We couldn’t miss Calabria. One of the main reasons we travel is for the food and Calabria is known for taking the spicy Italian food up a notch. We are fans of “Pasta Grammar” on Youtube where a Calabrian (Eva)…
Paestum and troubles…
It has been a challenging couple of days for us but we are still smiling. It started with my first Italian haircut. My man Antonio and I had a little communication problem and he cut it a little short. I guess it it should grow back but at this point in my life I can’t…
Naples, Sorrento, and the Amalfi Coast
There is a lot of stuff do in Naples and the Amalfi coast so we scheduled 8 nights in Sorrento which is close to many different attractions. We could explore Sorrento, train to Pompei, train to Naples, boat to Capri, or bus to Positano and Amalfi and the other towns on the coast. We had…
Dubrovnik, Croatia- our last stop in Croatia
We were able to spend a whole week in the most visited Croatian town- Dubrovnik. It is an amazing photogenic site with ancient walls that circumscribe the old town. Our first day we had to do the 2km walk on the walls before the tourists made it unbearable. It is October and far less busy…
Korcula, Croatia and my thoughts on Cruise ships.
This is the smallest town we have stayed in during our time in Croatia and it was my favorite. It had the beautiful alleys, outside restaurants, and old buildings net to the super green clear waters. This time there wasn’t many tourists around when the cruise ships weren’t in which made it feel like we…
Hvar, Croatia
The 3 Big things that stuck out for me about our 3 days in Hvar was the beautiful views from our room, the beautiful views from the fort, and the beautiful views on our boat ride. So lots of pics in this blog and I hope it doesn’t get TLDR (Too Long Didn’t Read). We…
Split, Croatia
We have booked a lot of Airbnb’s on this trip with a focus on location… compared to size or amenities. This has led to some incredible experiences of actually living in the ancient walls of old towns but also being a little cramped. Our place in Split actually had 2 bathrooms but both of them…