The Armchair Traveller

After 4 days in Florence I practised my Italian language skills at the train station and got us tickets to our next Italian destination, and a little over an hour later, after a lovely journey through the Tuscan countryside, we arrived in the town of Pisa where we were going to spend the night. I had pre-booked [...]

I have always had an attraction to Italy but in 3 years of living in London I still had not managed to get over there! I have many Italian friends and I spent many years at university studying Italian art history so when Mama and Lynsey said they were coming over to the UK to [...]

Heading out of the region of Tuscany we are now entering Lazio, and the first stop is Roma “la Città Eterna” (the Eternal City). There is so much to do and see in Rome that I won’t be able to cover it all in one blog posting so I will just talk about some of [...]

Ciao, come sta? Well it has been quite a while since I last updated my blog. I apologise for that to those who look at it reasonably regularly. I guess life got in the way of writing. I have decided to pick up where I left off on the tour around Italy. So, I left [...]

Ciao people Hope you are well. Since visiting Carrara we will now be heading to Pisa, famous for its Leaning Tower. The Campo dei Miracoli or “Field of Miracles”, to the north of the old town centre is where you can find the Leaning Tower as well as the Duomo (Cathedral), the Baptistry and the [...]

So, after leaving lovely Como, it is just a short half an hour drive to our next destination – Milan, the largest city in Italy. Milan is a major commercial and financial centre, and is one of the wealthiest cities in the European Union. It is also a fashion capital along with cities like New [...]