What to see on your first visit to Florence, Italy What a winner. Florence tops my list of a year and a half of traveling. I arrived in the early evening and decided to go for a walk around town,…
Hiking the Cinque Terre
Finally! This is a massive check mark on my travel bucket list. Years ago I got a postcard from my friend Hayley. It was a photo of Vernazza, the most popular of the five towns in the Cinque Terre. At…
Under the Tuscan Mixed Weather
Before I go home, I have to go back to Tuscany. I took a guided, one-day tour through Sienna, San Gimignano, Pisa, and the hills in between with Walkabout Florence. Even from a bus filled with chitchatting older ladies, the…
Shoot Me, There’s a Lindt Store
This is a Lindt store in the Piazza del Duomo in Florence. This is my favourite chocolate. I grew up loving this chocolate. I still would pick a Lindor ball over most chocolate. Imagine my astonishment, once I got over…