Discover the Best of Florence: Essential Florence Travel Tips for a Perfect Vacation Florence, Italy is known for its stunning beauty and rich history. There is so much to see and do in this city that you could spend months exploring and still not see everything. To make the most of your trip, it’s helpful …
After visiting Montepulciano for the second time, I decided it was time to cover it here. I had been slightly hesitant because last time I was here four years ago it was over run by Sparkly Vampire loving teenage girls (Thanks a lot Twilight – because vampires would hang out in a place where sunshine …
Europe is a very diverse continent. Because of that, in this article, I will cover how to properly walk the streets, alleyways, hilltops, and promenades of some of Europe’s major cities. I will generalize greatly in this piece, but it is 100% correct in my opinion. Most of this article is me venting my frustrations …
One of my all time favorite Art History classes at Rutgers was with Professor Jocelyn Penny Small. She is a powerhouse of an instructor who taught Etruscan Art. She no longer teaches at Rutgers, but if you are interested at all in this type of subject, I highly recommend you pick up her books and papers …
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Imagine yourself waking up in the morning and walking out to pick up your morning bread. You walk out of your Airbnb and take a stroll down a cobblestone street. You look up to see ivy covered apartments and laundry lines full of unmentionables. You get to the market to see widows haggling with the …
One of my favorite examples of Italian Renaissance is located in between the Trastevere neighborhood of Rome and the Vatican. It’s Bramante’s Tempietto. I highly recommend that you go to see it when you visit the eternal city. Bramante’s Tempietto First thing you need to know is that it is not the easiest structure to …
One of the reasons I started to write this blog is that sometimes I forget places I have fallen in love with. Cortona is one of these magnificent locations and I am excited to write about it, scared that I won’t do it justice, and scared that people may start visiting more and ruin all …
What do you get when you combine divine architecture, art, Etruscan Tombs, breath-taking landscapes, food and wine? You get the ultimate dream destination – this is how I describe the Italian region called Tuscany. Italy is one of the world’s most important wine producers. In fact, Italy is number one in wine production beating out …