Setting Up a Home Base near Rome, Italy for Language Immersion Travel

I am so excited to share considerations, planning, and lessons-learned from setting up our home base fo our 10-week language-immersion nella bella Italia. If I could do most of this on my own with...

Lets Go Racing - Italian F1 Grand Prix: Fast Cars & Aperol Spritz

Monza, the Italian F1 Grand Prix is a pretty special Grand Prix to attend if you're an F1 fan. The history of this track is immense and the atmosphere is one of the best that we've encountered at any...

Visiting The City of Tours (France)

During our Paris trip, we didn't get time to go for those wine tasting tours and over here we found this grandeur wine tasting festival, called Viti Loire. Tours (France) is the centre of the...

Day Trip from Milan to Lake Como (Including Costs)

Can you do a day trip from Milan to Lake Como? The short answer is, yes, you can. The long answer is, it depends. If you have the time, spend more than a day in Lake Como. However, if you...

Cinque Terre | Travel Tips for Italy's Famous Five

With what feels like the flicker of light, a fleeting sweep of fabric and a quick jig of joy, this year has ended. I can’t say whether it is the end of the year or the beginning of a new decade for...

Visiting Luxembourg on a Budget

Luxembourg is an expensive country, like crazy expensive: transport, food, accommodation, you name it. Way more expensive than its neighbors: France, Belgium and Germany. But it's also a stunning...