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…
K&R Italy: Milan, Darling! Milan!
Day One: Milan – The Last Supper, a Bull’s Testicles, & the city is SO TALL Hello everybody and welcome to the first installment of our Italian journey! Join us as we walk you through our jam-packed two weeks in one of the world’s most popular travel destinations. We’ll start this story with the bad or…