When Tony and I were touring around Umbria, Italy for Travels Bloggers Unite (TBU) in April, I stuffed myself silly with Italian wine, pasta, cheese, gelato… You name it, I ate it! However, once we left Italy I realized that I missed out on Italy’s most famous dish: PIZZA! I know, I know. How silly […]
We are just about finished with our two weeks of WWOOFing in Tuscany and have had QUITE the experience. Example: Did you know chickens can fly and tend to sleep in trees when not housed in a coop? Neither did I until a few days ago! While we city-slickers are getting the country lifestyle experience, […]
I know what you are thinking… and NO. I have not let the past 10 days spent on a Tuscan farm go to my head and I do not now think that I’m a farmer. But WWOOFing in Italy, with limited access to a speedy internet connection, has made me slow down and think about […]
What is it about manual labor that makes you crave a hardy breakfast? I’m talking thick slabs of bread. Eggs made easy side up with just the right amount of runniness. And don’t forget bacon. NEVER forget bacon! So why have I been craving a hardy breakfast all of a sudden? WWOOFing What the heck […]
Tony and I are currently in Tuscany working on a beautiful agroturismo as our first WWOOFing experience. We are loving every minute of it and are now DYING to buy our own land and run a farm. The only downside to our fairytale volunteer gig is that the internet here is painfully slow! On the […]
Stating the obvious is needed sometimes. Before you get caught up in the glamour of visiting different foreign cities every month, think hard about your enjoyment of travel itself. And not just your ability to enjoy, but to endure. Don’t fool yourself. Long term travel is one part excitement, one part enjoyment, and a whole […]
There are three things I know: There is no crying in baseball There are no bad ideas in brainstorming If you combine brainstorming and crying, then you might want to take a baseball bat to your brainstorming partner Okay that last statement was fairly aggressive and uncalled for… but the takeaway here is that a […]
When looking for the perfect dessert, I always default to my true love, chocolate. But when I am on the road, I like to be adventurous with my pallet and try local dishes. This past week, Tony and I ventured to Istanbul with Tony’s parents, Jerry and Cathy. In Turkey, chocolate is not present on […]