Long weekend in Palermo
If you have two or three full days in Palermo you can think of adding the following things on your explorer agenda: local markets, half-day trips...
Italian Holidays: Bologna, San Marino, Rimini, Modena
My husband starts a new job in July, so we had our last opportunity to have a family vacation for the next couple of months as he will be blocked by his probation period. We jumped on the relatively cheap flights with Ryanair to Bologna and spent a week in Emilia Romagna, Italy. I worked three days remotely and [...]
Fairytale Apulia: Ostuni and Matera
In these three days, we have been to Alberobello, Ostuni, Matera and Bari. We chose Alberobello as our base (read here more about this enchanting city) and were able to reach all these cities by car within one hour. The roads in Apulia are anything else but crowded. In general, driving there was pleasant, however the streets [...]
Fairytale Apulia: Trulli of Alberobello
I keep a list of the places I would like to visit one day. Many of them are charming little villages spread all around Europe which you can visit if you have a free (in our case, long) weekend. One of these places since a couple of years was Alberobello. You can imagine how happy I was when [...]
Italy – a road trip around the Lake Garda
On Thursday, June 8, our good friends got married in a little village next to Bergamo. This merry occasion was a great chance to prolong the weekend and to go on a road trip around the Lake Garda. Garda is stunning, and the short trip was absolutely worth it! Breathtaking views, clear water, cozy towns and delicious food: you will [...]
Sunny Sicilian getaway
Especially now, when the weather in Berlin makes us dreaming about better (read: warmer) place, it is so satisfying – thinking about last long weekend on Sicily. We had such luck with the wetter, bright sun and clear blue skyes three days out of four, temperatures over 18 degrees, everything blossoming and pleasantly smelling… This all was as a bonus to [...]
A spontaneous weekend-trip to Venice and Bologna
The power of words and thoughts is often underestimated. One week before, when we were in Colmar, I recklessly compared Colmar to Venice thus provoking a small discussion with a couple of friends if Venice better indeed and when is the best time to go there. On the road in Venice […]
Benvenuti a Napoli
A weekend trip to the south of Italy. Naples is absolutely worth it. Less words, more photos. The essense in 5 abstracts. The best view to the city is from the viewing point in the medieval Castle Sant'Elmo that is situated in the uptowm (you can reach it with one of three funiculars). From above you can see the island [...]
Weekend trip to Lombardy: Milan and Bergamo
With Milan we definitely don’t have a match. Last time I’ve been there it was over Christmas, all shops and restaurants were closed, it was raining and everything but Duomo was grey. Last weekend I decided to give this city the second chance, because, in general, I like Italy a lot. Here are a couple of my personal tips and [...]