One of the most exciting things you can do when you go on a road trip is looking for a place to stay overnight based on spur of the moment decisions. We have done it ever since we started our road trips and it has led us to discover some places by chance. One of the […]
Verona: Finding Our Way To Juliet’s House
To see the place where Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet played for the first time was the reason why my husband took me to Verona. He had been to Verona in his younger years and finding Juliet’s House or Casa di Giulietta again was not an easy task. We walked from Piazza Bra not knowing if […]
Verona: Hanging Around Piazza Bra With A View
Verona is the first city of Italy which my husband wanted to show me on our first ever Europe road trip many years ago. We were already driving to the city when torrential rain poured down so hubby drove back to the freeway and stopped at a rest stop. Thinking it would be rainy days in Verona we […]
A Tour Through Leonardo da Vinci’s Hometown
It was my husband’s idea to drive to Vinci during our summer road trip. He had read about the Museo Leonardiano in Vinci and he’d hoped to see some original sketches of Leonardo da Vinci’s paintings. Vinci is a small town in the region of Tuscany, Italy so a one-day visit was enough. It was quite an upland […]
A Couple of Hours Window Shopping in Florence
Shopping must be an essential part of travelling and certainly a luxury for one who can expend a huge amount of money. But shopping while on travel must not necessarily mean spending for signature brands and expensive things. I am not an extravagant shopper myself but I enjoy spoiling my eyes with window shopping at some […]
Leaning on The Leaning Tower of Pisa
Visiting Pisa was one of the many unplanned road trip itineraries we have done. I had always wanted to see the Leaning Tower of Pisa but the thought just slipped my mind after having visited many places. I thought the imminent tower had lost its popularity over the years since I hadn’t heard of it. […]
