Month January 2018

Greg and I can scarcely believe it’s coming up to six months since we began our great Italian adventure. We’ve certainly seen and done a lot in that time. Despite that – or perhaps because of it – we’re also… Continue Reading →

Over the past couple of weeks we’ve been visiting some of Rome’s slightly lesser known, but nonetheless well worth seeing, historical sites. Remember all those months ago in Bologna when the magic of La Macchina del Tempo allowed us to step back in… Continue Reading →

From its earliest days Rome has been divided into a number of districts. In the 6th century BC the king Servius Tullius decreed the city to have 4 districts or rioni (from the Latin regiones) and for the next 2,500 years… Continue Reading →

It’s been a pretty exciting week for us for a couple of reasons; firstly because we’ve arrived in Rome (more on that later) and, secondly, because there’s been an important addition to our travelling pantry … Vegemite! Since we’ve arrived… Continue Reading →

The New Year is well underway, the weather is warming up (slightly) and we’re on holiday in Rome. Wonderful! We’ll spend at least a month here so we have plenty of time to become reacquainted with this remarkable city. It’s… Continue Reading →

After our Christmas in Ortisei we headed to Venice to see in the New Year. NYE itself was fun and it was great to see Venice in winter. On this visit we stayed in the Santa Croce area which meant… Continue Reading →

For almost a thousand years Bologna’s porticoes have been one of the city’s most distinctive features. But as well as being architecturally important, they still serve an important practical purpose; with almost 40-kilometres of covered walkways remaining in Bologna, residents… Continue Reading →