June 2018: Monthly Roundup

Well, these monthly roundups continue to be working well for this little travel blog and so I’m keeping them up! June 2018 was a chiller month on our around-the-world journey, thankfully, and it was much needed for both of us! Where we were Now this is a way better list vs. when we went to 9 locations…

Our four days in Bologna – a low-profile Italian city that is high on charm!

After two amazing weeks in the Italian countryside, it was time to scratch our city itch again and head to Bologna! We were excited about this city, which is less visited than Rome, Venice, Pisa, Florence, etc. Not only were we going to explore its awesomeness, but we were going to be meeting up with a very special someone as…

Life on an agriturismo in Tuscany, Italy: Part 1 (Montecarlo)

Well, well, it’s been a hot minute (a week actually) since we’ve put a blog post up. So sorry about that! My computer has been commandeered for World Cup watching, especially when there are two games on simultaneously, but now I took it back, muahahaha. I’m excited to write today about our first experience of staying at…

Our day in Lucca, Italy!

As mentioned in our previous post, one of the reasons we loved our first agriturismo in Tuscany was because it was close to a number of different cities and towns in the area. One of the days we decided to head to Lucca, which was only about 20km west of where we were staying. To give you a little background…

Blended Confessionals: 15 things I learned from going to college at MIT

As many of you probably know, Damian and I both went to MIT (the Massachusetts Institute of Technology) for college. We did not know each other then and only met more than ten years after graduating, but the ‘tute holds a special place in both of our hearts. I thought I’d use that as a jumping point and…