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One of the terraces inside Castello Estense was famous for having its own orange grove.

15 March, 2020 By Amanda

Ferrara – An Underappreciated Gem

It’s been a little while since the last post, and since our adventures through Italy. But I haven’t given up completely on documenting our travels and feel like I have more stories to tell and photos I want to share. So I’m going to keep publishing posts when I can in between having to deal […]

This spot wins for the most epic scenery that we saw in the Dolomites.

17 October, 2018 By Amanda

Want to See Epic Mountain Scenery? Go to the Dolomites!

After we had our fill of culture and man-made wonders in Florence we went for the complete opposite: hiking the spectacular mountains of the Dolomites. We nearly didn’t go because it was a long way from all the other places we were going to go, and public transport is a bit iffy outside of the […]

The iconic Duomo of Florence, with its huge 115m tall dome.

2 October, 2018 By Amanda

Florence for Pedr’s Fortieth Birthday

I had a few more posts on Central America planned, but ran out of time before we left for the next leg of our trip in Europe. So to keep the blog more or less current I’ll jump ahead to Italy and get back to Central America later. Why Go Back to Italy? We picked […]

One of several desserts to enjoy during a meal at the Fat Duck. This one combines all the flavour elements of dessert wine in separate spheres.

12 February, 2017 By Amanda

Food Map Of Our Favourite Places in Europe

Food is one of the big attractions about travelling around Europe, especially in food obsessed countries like Italy, Spain and France. So after our long trip around Europe, and after hundreds of meals, we’ve put together a map of our favourite places to eat for you to use if you happen to be in the area. It’s […]

Water lilies in Padua's Botanic Garden.

23 June, 2016 By Amanda

In fair Verona, where we lay our scene…

After our busy time in Venice with Nicole and Chris we needed a good rest so we only went 36km west to Padua. Padua is an old university town which has the world’s first botanical gardens (more than 450 years old), a church with the relics of St Anthony (bones and body parts for all the non-Catholics) […]

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