Something New and Something Old

The taxi driver who picked me up at the Venezia Mestre train station was stuff of legend. I told him where we were going, and he sped off into the drizzly night, driving at whiplash speeds down dark unlit streets and ignoring the GPS, carving a zigzag line into the landscape that crossed the direct […]

An Easy Day in Bologna

What do you do when you take one of your favorite people to one of your favorite places in the world? What do you do when you’re taking them to a place that maybe isn’t overwhelming for its sites, but moreso for it’s foods. Maybe the biggest draw for me is the atmosphere of this […]

From the Mountains to the Po River Valley

Bologna is probably my favorite place in Italy. So when P and I were planning this trip and she stated she would be departing a day before me, I immediately said “I’ll probably go to Bologna for a great meal,” to which she replied “I want to go to Bologna for a great meal!” And […]

Not Perfect, But Just Enough

Time for an admission of sorts: I love to travel, but I’m a bit lazy about it. Although my tickets are often booked well in advance,I tend to wait until the last minute to make plans for my journey. That’s mostly worked great and that’s what I like – I like being able to freewheel […]

Someplace Both Very Wrong and Very Very Right

We arrived at the restaurant sore-footed and sweaty from our morning hike. It wasn’t even 2 pm and we had already hiked 8 miles with over 1500ft of elevation gain. Another traveler at dinner last night had recommended San Brite as a local farm- focused restaurant; a place to grab a great sandwich made with […]

I’m An Excellent Navigator

I hurried out of the hotel in the morning and left P to do the dirty work of checking out. She later said they never asked why we were leaving, but the ultimate answer would have been “we want to be closer to the center of town.” It might not have been all of the […]