Sorry for our long absence…having two kids and working full-time regular day jobs is rough. But we are trying to get back into this blogging thing if nothing else than to wrap up these amazing Italy posts for you! Day Eight: Welcome to Tuscany – A terrible Hertz experience, amazing carbonara, & careening through the…
K & R Italy : Hello Beautiful Siena!
Day Nine: Siena – Ceramics, Ricciarelli, & the prettiest square in all of Italy Day two of our Tuscan living took us to nearby Sienna. My mother celebrated a major milestone in Siena and has always raved about it, so we knew we wanted to go here. For the first time on our trip, we…
K&R Italy: Florence aka Firenze
Day Seven: Florence – Marble penises, gelato, & sunsets If we had any regrets on this trip, it would be this: I wish we had more time in Florence. While I don’t regret our decision to stay in an actual Tuscan farmhouse just south of Florence (patience darlings, those posts come later), we underestimated the…
K&R Italy: Cinque Terre part 2
Day Six: Cinque Terre – Trekking, trail closures, & fried cone of fish How could we possibly top our first day in Cinque Terre? Well, with hiking of course! So, some brief info before we begin. One: To hike ANY of the coastal trails, you must have a Cinque Terre pass. They can be purchased…
K&R Italy: Cinque Terre part 1
Day Five: Cinque Terre – Ten years, five towns, & SO MANY STEPS Travel Tip: As soon as you get off the train in La Spezia or Levanto, pick up a Cinque Terre pass. It gives you unlimited hop ons/offs for the local train and if you plan on doing ANY hiking on the coastal…
K&R Italy: We Heart Modena
Day Four: Modena – Balsamic vinegar, parmesan cheese, & the best sandwich of your life Caio Venezia!!! On our way to Modena… Let me start off by saying this: We LOVED Modena. We did NOT LOVE the buses. It was really easy to get turned around. We took a train in from Venice and knew…
K&R Italy: Oh Venice, the sequel (feat. Burano)
Day Three: Venice & Burano – Espresso, Burano, & of course we took an evening gondola ride, very peaceful, uh? You guys don’t even know what’s coming…the first half of our day was spent enjoying a quiet sleepy Venice and checking off two more top sites, the second half was spent daytripping off Venice away from the…
K&R Italy: Oh Venice
Day Two: Venice: Vaporetti, Casanova, & Cicchetti We packed everything up, got an Uber from our hotel in Milan to the train station and began our 2.5 hour train journey to Venice! Venice, my friends, is a tale of two cities. One is over-crowded, full of tourists, scammers, smelly canals, kitschy shops, and long lines…