Morning started with the crunchy but soft inside filled with bursting flavor malasada puffs (Portuguese donuts) from Leonard’s Bakery was heavily. This place opens at 5:30 AM and its small parking lot that could fill probably 10 or so cars already filled out. We didn’t get a spot so Jason pulled over on the side… Read More Babymoon in Hawaii Part 2
I hope you all are safe and healthy, this pandemic has totally changed our lifestyle and probably no trip in 2020; already canceled our Greece trip in June and Japan & China trip in September 🙁 I really wish that we can at least travel in 2021 and back to our “normal” lives soon! The… Read More Babymoon in Hawaii Part 1
I hope you all are staying home and safe from COVID-19! I have been working from home over the past two weeks and who knows till when. With a newborn in the house and very sleep-deprived (it’s getting better now that I get max 3 hours of nap time each), I haven’t been able to… Read More Washington DC Cherry Blossom From Last Year
Happy New Year to all of you! Sorry for the late post, we welcomed our baby girl, Liana, on Dec. 18th 🙂 Life has never been so busy before; I have been constantly battling with time – the cycle of feeding, diaper change, and getting her to sleep. I hope it’ll get easier as she… Read More New Year, New Adventure Awaits
From Pienza in Tuscany back to Rome, we spent a night in between at the “Castle in the Sky” town – Civita di Bagnoregio. On the way, we visited Orvieto, a beautiful hilltop town, 1 hour 20 minutes drive to get there. Similar to Siena, there is a parking garage – Campo della Fiera –… Read More Last Stops: Orvieto and Civita di Bagnoregio
9 years ago, we made our first trip to Europe for our wedding in Greece + honeymoon in Italy and we had to cut short of our stay in Florence due to the strike in Greece. We had to sleep in Rome’s FCO airport and then catch the first train to Florence in the morning… Read More Day trip to Florence
Jason was certainly not thrilled about the idea of sunrise but with extra encouragement, he got dressed in a few layers and walked out with me. We went to the viewing spot where we took photos of the sunset yesterday and disappointingly, there was no fog covering the fields underneath Pienza; it wasn’t like what… Read More Finding the Postcard Perfect Spots in Tuscany
We hit the road as soon as we finished breakfast to explore the heart of Tuscany – the picturesque rolling hills. We took the scenic Tuscany road – SR2 from Siena to Pienza where we’ll be staying for 3 nights. The first stop was the famous cypresses of San Quirico. Unexpectedly, just after we got… Read More Siena to Pienza – the Heart of Tuscany
It was a long travel day to make our journey back to Italy….a 5 hours drive from Menton, France to Siena, Italy. The ride wasn’t smooth at all as it was pouring so made traffic worst! There was a car accident near Genoa so we wasted half an hour sitting on traffic. We made a… Read More Siena and San Gimignano
Another beautiful morning in Menton, we grabbed our tripods and went to the port for photos of us. It was Bastille Day and the locals already up and hang out at the beach. We walked to this big pedestrian area where it has almost no one there except a few joggers here and there. Then,… Read More French Riviera Villages – St Paul de Vence and Eze
