Rob and I regretfully checked out of Hotel La Villa on Monday morning. I’d milked the bathroom time I’d had left to style my hair, put on some mascara, and massage into my skin…
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I’m lazy. So while Alice was tip tap typing away for hours on end at night, I was usually bullshitting on my phone or thinking about whether I should go running or not. However…
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Rob and I rented a scooter and drove up from the coast into the small mountain town, catching trails of perfume as we got closer, passing shops dedicated to making you smell captivating…
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The night was like velvet, purple and soft. I watched the sun slowly setting, the perfect summer evening. Magic hour lasted long past sixty minutes…
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I awoke to my alarm for the first time in over a month. The church bells melodically swelled up in volume, and for a moment…
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Driving north along Lake Garda was breathtaking. Jagged peaks sprung straight up from the lake’s edge, reminding me of places I’ve been before…
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For our last night in Rome, Rob and I decided to doll ourselves up in our new dress-up clothes and dine on the finest Italian fare we could afford, with the most fabulous view we could find…
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Catacombe di Domitilla visit attempt number two is what began our third day in Rome, the hottest day yet. Even with the breeze that had previously been forcing me told hold down my skirt…
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At the top of my list of Rome Must-Do's was to see the Roman catacombs, where Christians hid from persecution during the early hundred A.D.s. I had read about the catacombs when I was a child…
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I’ve been in Italy for four days, and my diet is getting somewhat erratically out of hand. One day I’ll engorge myself on a breakfast of croissants with jam, butter, and nutella; a lunch of pizza, followed by…
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That Thursday night we were sore from hiking, desperately trying to find another hotel we could splurge on just so we could take showers and rinse off all our sweat, but every hotel we punched into our GPS seemed to be…
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Author’s note from 2019: I wrote this in an era before political correctness reached its current zenith. I have chosen to keep this post up, albeit it very lightly edited, as it reflects my honest impressions from the time…
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Rob and I had really wanted to see a symphony, being as we were in Vienna, but we couldn’t find any open seats last minute. However, on the back of the tourist map I was holding…
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Vienna is extraordinarily magnificent! With every turn we made, Rob and I were astounded by its splendor. Truly I can say that this is my favorite European city, even beating out Paris…
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Driving through Poland is beautiful. It’s my favorite kind of countryside: bright green rolling hills, clusters of tall trees whose leaves gush in the wind, and a little stream every and now and then…
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Everyone told me that seeing Prague is an absolute must while I'm traveling through Europe. There were right and wrong. Yes, it is a stunningly beautiful city, but my well-meaning friends were not taking into account…
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Rob and I wrapped up our stay in Germany with a jerk, a swoosh, and a fly! Remember that Australian guy we met at the pancake restaurant? As it turned out, he needed two volunteers to take on his boat and teach how to wakeboard…
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It's already Day Four of our Vagabond Adventure... Where to start?
Frankfurt is our first stop. While the plan is to rent an RV and road trip, Rob and I decided we'd be better off chilling at a hotel for a few days first…
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