The Guardian Angel of Campo Cestio Cemetery in Rome
The cemetery in the Testaccio neighborhood in Rome has many names: Campo Cestio, The Protestant Cemetery, The Non-Catholic Cemetery for Foreigners, and the Cat Cemetery….
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For an Immersive Local Experience Try a Rome Food Tour
Locals bustle around the market, picking out fresh vegetables and carrying on conversations in Italian with the shop stall owners; the ease in the conversations…
Natural Light Photography in Rome, Italy
Rome, Italy photography I’ve been to Rome many times before and I’ve even taken my camera and shot many photos there. However, with each year…
Seeing Rome Through New Eyes
We turned off the Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, and my body swayed with the motion of the taxi, happy to finally be in Rome. After…
Milan, Italy Photography
For this Photo of the Week you get a special treat…many photos because I couldn’t choose just one! 4 days of Milan, Italy photography I…
Italy Food Etiquette Tips
If you know these food etiquette rules you’ll start to fit in as if you were an Italian; ok that may be a bit much, but at least you won’t stick out as a tourist as much. Throw around a Ciao and Gazzie mille and you will be even more convincing.
Things I Learned While Living in Italy
Italy makes it into my travel ‘record book’ – it is the country in which I’ve stayed the longest amount of consecutive time. I arrived…
Beam Me Up: Our Visit to the Vatican
Over the 6 days Micah and I were in Rome, we realized that we had a lot in common…we liked to see the sites, but…
Traveling When the World Hates Your President
In this current era of President Trump, we seem to forget that back in 2007 no one liked our US President, George W. Bush, either. …
The Dirty Side of Rome, Italy
We all have them…secrets…sometimes small, sometimes big, sometimes innocent, and sometimes dirty…and Rome is no exception. If you’ve spent time traveling around the city of…