The Amalfi Coast was where we recovered from so many weeks of traveling through Europe too quickly. It’s such a gorgeous part of Italy, and even though there are tons of activities to do and so many beautiful sights to see, we mostly just sat around enjoying the view. We needed that time to slow […]
Emilia Romagna is slightly off the radar for most tourists, but after spending a little over a week there, I can say this region has just as much to offer as any other part of Italy. The food, the history, the landscapes, are all wonderful reasons to visit. My time there was jam-packed because Andy […]
Rome is a wonderful city full of fascinating historical details. Thousands of years of history provides for countless tales of feuds and drama, and you can’t go far without stumbling across piles of ruins. We really enjoyed exploring and taking tours to learn more about the food culture, the history of the Colosseum, and the […]
The day of our Colosseum tour actually started with a tour of the Roman Forum. Since the two are right next to each other, the Walks of Italy tour includes both in the same tour. While the Colosseum is more famous and is a more iconic sight, the Forum is filled with its own fascinating […]
Andy really likes boats. This is probably a big reason why we ended up renting a canal boat for our time in Rotterdam. We also planned on taking a ferry from Naples to Amalfi to get to our wonderful apartment in Minori, but they weren’t running for some reason. The day we went to check […]
During our week on the Amalfi Coast, Andy and I enjoyed relaxing and doing almost nothing in Minori. But we did take one day trip to the towns of Amalfi and Positano. Amalfi is obviously where the coast gets its name, and the town has a lot of history there about the region’s maritime roots. […]
At several points during our trip, Andy and I realized we were traveling too quickly and trying to do too many things. In Amsterdam and Brussels we decided to cut out some of the day trips we had planned, and we skipped going to Monaco from Nice. We couldn’t cancel plans we had already made […]
The Colosseum. Probably Rome’s most famous sight, and must-see on every tourist’s list. I have now visited three separate times, but since the first two times were so long ago (1995 and 1999) I couldn’t remember the details. Sure, I knew this was the setting for gruesome gladiator battles, but most of the other details […]
While we were planning out our week in Emilia-Romagna, Andy mentioned how much he liked the town of Ferrara , which isn’t far from Bologna. I didn’t really know anything about the town, but he told me there was a castle with a moat. Sold. So we scheduled in a day to take the train […]
When Andy and I set off on our Beyond Vacation kick-off trip, I decided to keep track of every penny we spent. There were two reasons for this. We’ve never really tracked our travel spending, and I wanted to know how much it costs for us to travel for more than a week or two. […]