Travels in Europe
I am a huge fan of museums…guess that comes along with being an Art History major in university. When you go to Paris, going to the Louvre is a must (but only after you’ve read these Tips for Visiting The Louvre). That being said, it is one of the largest museums in the world. This means …
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 …
Tips for Visiting The Tomb of the Infernal Quadriga in Sarteano Italy Read More »
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 …
I HATE TIMES SQUARE. Don’t get me wrong. I am glad to have it. It brings tourist dollars and that’s fantastic. But you will never see me in Times Square unless I absolutely have to go there. You can imagine my dismay when I ended up staying in Madrid’s version of Times Square. It was …
Sometimes our travels take us to places we never even knew existed. This happened the first time when we won a trip to “Brazil” and ended up in the quiet village of Santa Catarina. This year we ended up in Fuzeta (aka Fuseta). We ended up here because I was desperate for a beach vacation, …
We started using Airbnb out of sheer desperation. We were in Paris. It was Antonio’s second time in the City of Lights and my first. Parisian hotels are notoriously shitty and we picked the best our budget would afford us. It was a small room, with a “kitchenette”. It just so happened to be Eid. …
Ten Tips on How to Pick an Airbnb Vacation Rental (and a few extras) Read More »
On the first leg of our trip, Antonio and I stayed steps away from Castelo Sao Jorge, perhaps the most famous site in Lisboa. It quickly became one of those landmarks that are so close I thought I’d never get to see it. I finally made it 2 months after arriving in Lisbon! If you …
Antonio and I tried most of the best neighborhoods in Lisbon before deciding on where we wanted to settle down. We tested out Castelo, Amoreiras, Estrela, the Alfama, Avenidas Novas and Principe Real. We ended up setteling in Avenidas Novas, but Principe Real was close second. Principe Real is young and modern. It is home …
All About the Principe Real Neighborhood in Lisbon Read More »
Living in New Jersey meant that I had a decent number of Portuguese friends. They raced their bikes on Route 21, played billiards, and they’d go to Newark’s Portuguese area to eat delicious shrimp in garlic sauce. Still, my understanding of Portugal did not come to where it needed to be until I started working …
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 …
Cannes, in the beautiful French Riviera is probably the second most famous city in France, second only to Paris. Cannes has garnered much of its worldwide celebrity due to the Cannes Film Festival that takes place each year. It’s also famous for the over the top luxury and beauty that can be found there. This …
If you’re looking for a “must-do” travel excursion, why not the Festival of Lightsin Lyon, France. If you’ve been reading this blog, you will have figured out that I’m somewhat of a Francophile…and that I have a special place in my heart for Lyon. There are various reasons for that, mainly its people, the food, and its …
For those of you who don’t yet know this about me, I majored in Art History at Rutgers. The original plan was to go into law, but stupid me took an Art History class and fell in love. What nobody told me was that in the US art historians make about $30,000 per year and …
One of the great benefits of writing for FriendsEAT is that I have great access. Earlier this year I got to meet the team behind Only Lyon. They are in charge of letting the world know just how amazing Lyon is (it is, I’ve been obsessed with it for years & have been there 4 …