Ciao! Our first full day in Venice and also the day of the famous Festa del Redentore (Feast of the Most Holy Redeemer), a festival held in every 3rd weekend of July which celebrates the end of the plague of 1576. We woke up pretty late (9 am) probably due to jet lag and had a… Read More Venice 2013 Day 2: Festa del Redentore
Ciao Venice, we are back! It has been 3 years since our first time visiting Venice back during our honeymoon. While I was planning our Spain trip, I saw firework photos of the Festa del Redentore (a big festival in Venice each year during the third weekend of July, it celebrates since the end of the… Read More We Are Back to Venice!
Our last day in Italy! I was originally planned to take a day trip to Pisa when we were in Florence since that’s the closest but due to the airlines strike in Athens, we lost one day in Florence. We weren’t able to visit Pisa so now back in Rome, we decided to save the… Read More Italy – Pisa
More sightseeing and shopping! It was a beautiful day, the warmest day ever of our Italian honeymoon trip. I have a list of places I wanted to visit so we begin with the furthest first – Piazza del Popolo. We took Metro A from our hotel to Flaminio -Piazza del Popolo. Once we stepped out of… Read More Italy – Roaming Around Rome
Back to Rome! After the magical two days in Venice, we were heading back to Rome. The train was 3 hours and 30 minutes, we arrived Rome just before noon. We grabbed some sandwiches in Rome’s train station and headed back to our hotel (Sheraton Roma Hotel & Conference Center) to check in. Since we have… Read More Italy – The Ancient City of Rome
Today was our whole free day to explore the dreamy Venice. I called it dreamy because it was foggy and it made Venice more interesting to be in. Walking over small bridges and sideways where the front view was blurry due to the fogs felt like in a dreamland! From our hotel in the early… Read More Italy – Lost In Venice
Goodbye Florence….Hello Venice! We woke up early in the morning, had breakfast in the hotel, and then catch our train from Florence to …… Venice!!!! The train ride was 2 hours but comfortable so it was pretty relaxing. When we were approaching Venice, I kept looking out the window to see Venice. I had been… Read More Italy – Fall In Love With Venice
March 13, 2010 – Florence Due to the airline strike in Athens, we lost one day of Florence! We took the earliest train from Rome to Florence, travel time was around 1 hour and 35 minutes. We ordered the Eurail Italy Rail 4 Day Pass prior to our trip because it was on sale and I… Read More Florence, Where I Had The Best Steak
Our Honeymoon in Italy March 5th, 2010 – Rome Day 1 The 8 hours of flight time seemed to be very long, I tried to sleep so time goes by faster but my excitement kept me waking up once every hour or so. Every time I woke up, I checked the LCD monitor in front… Read More Honeymoon in Italy – First Stop: Rome
