We usually take our prices for Price Check from the local supermarket, or supermercato, regardless of what things cost at the local market or mercato, because supermarkets generally provide a better yardstick for comparing prices between different cities and countries, and sometimes supermarkets may be your only choice for getting started, especially if you arrive … Read more
We’ve become the people we’ve always envied in Venice, sipping glasses of Prosecco at the windows of our Venetian palazzo as we survey the action on the Grand Canal down below. People crammed on the vaporettos that pull up at the wharf in front smile up at us, while tourists cruising by on their gondola … Read more
We’re in Venice! And our ‘home’ for two weeks is a 17th century palazzo on the Grand Canal. While we normally begin each series of posts on a new place with a review of our latest holiday rental, we couldn’t resist starting Venice with a time-lapse sequence of the spectacular view from our latest digs. … Read more
Train travel. We’ve always loved it – as much for the opportunities it affords us to sit back and simply reflect, as for the chance to people-watch, as well as take in scenery you don’t get to see from the seat of a car, bus or plane. Train travel is our favourite form of travel in Europe. Train … Read more
The trulli of Alberobello, the traditional white conical houses that sprawl across the hills of the town and surrounding countryside, offer a unique opportunity to live like locals in Puglia in Southern Italy. We were doing just that for a week during our month in Italy, so we wanted to learn more about the trulli. We … Read more