Our four (really, three) days in Rome!

It’s hard to believe, but we had gotten to the end of six whole weeks in Italy and were capping it off in Rome. I actually had planned to go to Rome back when I ended up going to Capri instead, so I was excited to see the city. Just to warn you, since it was our first time…

Our three days in Florence, Italy!

Oh Florence! A good friend had told me that I would love this city, that she had spent a week in this city on her own a few years ago and had a grand old time, but I still came into Florence with low expectations. Well, was I proven wrong! I loved Florence and it ended up being my favorite…

Our day exploring Siena Italy!

Oh Siena! Siena Italy (which is what I call it in my head instead of just straight Siena, oh well) was only about 20 minutes away from our agriturismo in Chianti Italy, but for some reason, I just wasn’t super stoked about it. I didn’t have anything against it, but I wasn’t really excited to spend the…

Exploring Pisa – the Leaning Tower of Pisa and the Luminara festival!

Well, it’s time to actually start talking about our time in Italy, yay! As I mentioned in the post about our plan for Italy, we are in Montecarlo, which is a little town about 60km west of Florence. Aside from having the most awesome agriturismo to stay at (more to come on that in another post), Montecarlo is a…

Brazil recap: What we loved (and didn’t love) during our six weeks of Brazil travel!

Well, wow. Just wow wow wow. We have officially finished the first big leg of our trip – six weeks of Brazil travel. It’s hard to imagine that actually being true, having dreamed of and thought of this around-the-world journey for so many months. But, it is true. We have both started and finished our time in Brazil…