Four days in Florence: an imperfect itinerary

People seem to fall more easily in love with Florence than Rome. This makes sense to me, logically. The city is a...
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12.20.16

Why you should visit Naples

Naples felt a lot different than most other towns I visited on my whirlwind Italy trip. Arriving by bus meant driving...
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10.28.16

Pompeii was the reason for my visit to Italy. When I started studying Classics, I was fascinated by the lives and...
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10.17.16

Experiencing the food scene in Italy was the only time I truly felt immersed in Italian culture. I kinda assumed that...
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09.27.16

If you’re a female travelling alone, cat-calling and unwanted attention is pretty well guaranteed. I mean,...
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09.20.16

My purse strings were taut in Italy. I had booked my trip long before The Great Candice Depression of 2016, and so I...
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09.06.16

Capri is a little island in Italy’s Bay of Naples, on the Tyrrhenian Sea, easily reached by Naples or the Amalfi...
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08.13.16

I’m huddled under the awning of the Doges Palace in Piazza San Marco, trying to escape the downpour while...
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07.11.16

I arrived at the Tiburtina bus station in Rome at 9 PM. It was dark, disorienting, quiet, and slightly menacing. My...
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06.17.16

Despite living in Berlin being relatively affordable, and despite me actually making a decent wage, this year living...
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06.09.16

I did a couple of food tours in Italy. They were the highlights of my entire trip, and the only times I actually felt...
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06.06.16

Wrapping your head around Italy’s Cinque Terre National Park can be a little daunting. It actually covers a fairly...
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