Cinque Terre, Italy.Finally – my last post on Cinque Terre, the third and final one wrapping up the hot and colourful tourist trap that had us so besotted. Take a minute to read part one and two if you haven’t, but otherwise, here we go: Vernazza and Monterosso, Cinque Terre! First up, Vernazza. Vernazza isContinue reading #1919 | Wanderlust: Cinque Terre – Vernazza and Monterosso
Oh, Ponza. Italy’s best kept secret. Isola di Ponza. Island of my dreams. When people ask me what my favourite destination was in all my seven months of traveling Europe, my answer is unequivocally Ponza. I’m constantly torn between the desire to keep it secret and bubbling on about it to everyone I meet. PonzaContinue reading #1912| Isle of Dreams: Ponza, Italy’s Best Kept Secret
Riomaggiore, Cinque Terre, Italy.Buongiorno, Principessa! Just before embarking on my two week tour of Italy in July/August, I had a late night movie session watching La Vita e Bella for the first time. It was really just a heartbreaker disguised by cheerful italian music and mustaches, which also could apply to most of Italy ifContinue reading #1899| Wanderlust: Riomaggiore & Corneglia
Manarola, Cinque Terre.If there were a single word to describe Cinque Terre, it’d be romantic. Cinque Terre was our last stop in Europe after seven months of touring, more or less marking the end of our fun under the european sun, and I don’t think there could have been a better way to wrap upContinue reading #1880 | Wanderlust: Manarola x Arbaspaa
Ie. How to do Rome for under a hundred bucks. Heh heh! Rome, Italy.I was in Rome for four days in end July, when the sun is burning and gelato is in high demand, to the strange and disconcerting realization that Rome, like Paris, smells like piss. It was the Eat Pray Love (coughpretentiouscough) partContinue reading #1879| BROKE STUDENT’S GUIDE TO ROME
Pitti Penthouse, Florence.Of all the places I’ve stayed in, Pitti Penthouse was by far the most luxurious. I dont think i’ve even been in a hotel i could claim to love as much as i did the Pitti.. and yes, that’s what it’s called. The Pitti Penthouse, like in olden english times where you giveContinue reading #1869| House Porn: Pitti Penthouse, Firenze