I talk a lot about Italy on this blog, but that's for a very good reason...I absolutely love the country! Travelling to Italy with my wife for our honeymoon in 2010 is one of the greatest trips I have been on. We both fell in love with the country almost instantly. For a month, we [...]
This week's travel photo is of the ruins of the ancient Roman Forum from Palatine Hill in Rome, Italy. In ancient Rome, Palatine Hill was where the rich and powerful lived. I can only imagine what this view must have been like 2000 years ago. More about the Ancient Roman Forum and Palatine Hill The [...]
Picture yourself in a tiny sea side town built on the side of a spectacular, steep coastline. The smell of the sea invades your senses as you wander along narrow paved streets with colourful old buildings all around you. Small wooden fishing boats from the harbour line the side of the street and the salty [...]
We had just completed a rush two hour visit to Pisa at the end of our week in Tuscany, as we had to drop our rental car off at the airport (the only depot that was open on a Sunday). From Pisa we were heading to our next destination on our tour of Italy - the famous [...]
One week in Tuscany, Italy just wasn't enough. In fact, even though we had seen so much of this beautiful province and explored so many of its interesting towns, we still had only just scratched the surface. We hadn't even made it to one of Tuscany's most popular cities - Pisa. Luckily, due to the [...]
This week's travel photo is of Ponte Vecchio over the River Arno in Florence, Italy. This 14th century bridge has a line of shops on each side and is a popular attraction in this beautiful city. More about Ponte Vecchio Ponte Vecchio is one of Florence’s most famous landmarks and the oldest bridge spanning the [...]
Piazza del Popolo is located at the end of Via del Corso, the straight road that runs through the center of Rome from Piazza Venezia at the base of Capitoline Hill, and stands at the northern gate of the Aurelian Walls (the walls that surrounded ancient Rome). Entering Piazza del Popolo from Via del [...]
When my wife and I got married, we decided to spend our month long honeymoon in Italy. It was absolutely perfect and we instantly fell in love with this beautiful country. Like most people, we arrived in Rome and spent four amazing days exploring the city. I was recently going through some old photos that [...]
After spending an afternoon in Florence to pick up our rental car two days prior, I couldn't wait to get back and explore more of this famous Italian art city. We were staying in a Tuscan villa about 30km to the south of Florence near Figline Valdarno, so rather than drive into the city and [...]
Tuscany is filled with picturesque medieval hilltop towns that make the region a pleasure to explore and to photograph - the list of places to see is huge. One town that would definitely be on the top of the list is Siena - a city that I don't think I could ever get sick of. [...]
