

When I first landed in Italy, in Rome, the plan was to get the first train out of Rome and head to Florence where I will visit the regions of Tuscany, Bologna and Venice before returning to pay Rome and the Vatican City a visit before flying out of Italy. Coincidentally, upon my arrival in...
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3rd stop in my Italian travel – the city of Venezia! The Grand Canal showed off its awe the moment I alighted from the train ride from Bologna. Basking in the sun displaying its glory and with a gentle cold breeze blowing, I allowed myself to gasp at the sight. No wonder my landlord back...
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Just about an hour’s train ride away from Florence is the UNESCO world heritage site of Cinque Terre. The Cinque Terre, are five small villages on the “Costa Ligure of Levante”. The villages from north to south are: Monterosso al Mare, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola, and Riomaggiore. With a hiking trail that runs through these 5...
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My first stop in Italy. As soon as I landed in Rome, I took the fast train up to Florence where I spent the next 4 days exploring the Tuscan region that included the medieval towns of San Gimignano and Siena with a brief stopover at Chianti vineyards for a Chianti Classico wine tasting experience....
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Mention Italy and many will mouth off the cities of Rome, Venice, Milan and Florence. It is seldom that you hear Bologna in the same breath. But it is Bologna that truly captured my heart during my trip to northern Italy. I arrived at Bologna from Florence amid a light drizzle in 10 degrees C...
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