If you are like my husband and I, you are trying to find different activities to replace your usual weekend restaurant reservation. We’ve really enjoyed virtual wine tastings, these puzzles, and finally working our way through our saved recipes on…
25 “Bucket List” Memories I’ve Created
I go back and forth between loving the idea of a bucket list. As an sometimes overly organized person, I love crossing individual items off of the list and planning. I swear I’m always planning. However, the argument of enjoying…
Recap of the Year, 2016
Wow, oh wow, what a year it’s been! It’s crazy to think how much can happen in 365 days, and I think 2016 was one of my best years yet (minus 2015, when I got married #nerin2015). I cannot believe…
Why You Should Visit Cinque Terre (in Photos)
In attempts to fill some of the empty picture frames I have hung on the walls (who else does this??), I’ve been going through all the trips my husband and I have taken and picking out my favorites to get…
My Italian Secret: Montalcino
I like to refer to Montalcino as my great Italian secret. If you are going to Tuscany, Florence, Rome or Italy for that matter, you need to make this a stop in your itinerary. In fact, I am so in…
Tuscany’s Second City: Siena
Throwing it back to our trip to Italy in the Spring. I recently had someone ask me about a good day trip from Florence or Rome. It soon dawned on me that I never highlighted my favorite Medieval town, Siena….
Papal Audience
First of all, can we talk about the blue sky? I like to think that all my pictures turned out looking like postcards. As mentioned in the post before this, we made several trips to the Vatican while in Rome. This…
A Day in the Vatican
One of my favorite parts of Rome is the Vatican. All the artwork, history, decadence, and tradition all in one place is quite incredible. You can truly spend an entire day walking through the Vatican galleries, standing in the Sistine…
St. Regis Rome
I don’t even know where to begin with this post. Except for the fact that I LOVVEE the St. Regis. It’s an experience just pulling up to the front doors and walking into the lobby. Everything you do feels like…
A Day in the Vines: Casale Marchese
Hope everyone is enjoying some warmer weather this week! It’s crazy how much my husband and I have crammed into the last two weeks. Moving, Europe, my parents visiting, a Cubs game… all within three weeks. No wonder we bought…
Daniella’s Cooking School
BEST. PART. OF. THE. TRIP. Hands Down. I posted a few weeks back about why I love cooking classes while traveling, and I have to say, this was my favorite one by far. Daniella, the instructor, was your ideal Italian…
Need for Speed
I woke up in a new Ferrari. (I may or may not be jamming to this song right now in the airport, while writing this). Seriously though, we were able to drive Ferraris. In the Tuscan countryside. Sayyy wwhhaattt. While…
