What an epic adventure! I have two questions. 1) Can you please post a photo of the hat and shirt? Inquiring minds need to know. 2) Do you speak Italian or were you ordering all your food in English? Years ago (pre-translation apps), when I was in Italy, nobody spoke English and I had to muddle through with my little pocket dictionary.
Thank you! I took a mirror selfie in the morning before I left and unfortunately, due to personal reasons (it's awful hahaha) I can never let it see the light of day. :/ I suspect the shirt will show up in future pics though.
I had almost the opposite problem! I was taking Italian classes in Florence, so I can speak a little bit, and I was kind of excited to try ordering at restaurants in Italian. But I've been mostly in pretty touristy areas, so almost every time I try to order in Italian, they just speak back to me in English because my accent is so bad haha. Pocket-dictionary style is much braver!
Incredible towns that look like something out of a dream. Sounds like you had an incredible experience. I'll have to get to Italy someday. Any suggestions on how to plan a trip there, as in what part of Italy would you concentrate on?
It felt like a dream! I am keeping my trip sort of basic, honestly, mainly in very popular areas, because I'm no expert. But I have liked everywhere I've gone so far -- Cinque Terre, Florence, Venice, Pisa and Rome. I do recommend the Blue Trail if you're a hiker, and I really loved Venice too. If it's a longer trip, I think Florence is a good base from which you can enjoy that city and take small trips to other places. If you want to be moving all the time on your trip, the trains are really good. I have a friend who went down from Milan to Florence to Cinque Terre to Rome and is now going back up to Venice and Verona. He saw a lot of smaller towns along the way too. :)
Too cool! Sounds like you are living the Italian dream.
I think it would be a longer trip, so it sounds like Florence would be a good base, although I don't know how expensive it is compared to some of the smaller towns.
Loved this post :-) - I've done parts of the same trail and the title is very apt! Wow is pretty much the only word for it!
Thank you, Tom!
What an epic adventure! I have two questions. 1) Can you please post a photo of the hat and shirt? Inquiring minds need to know. 2) Do you speak Italian or were you ordering all your food in English? Years ago (pre-translation apps), when I was in Italy, nobody spoke English and I had to muddle through with my little pocket dictionary.
Thank you! I took a mirror selfie in the morning before I left and unfortunately, due to personal reasons (it's awful hahaha) I can never let it see the light of day. :/ I suspect the shirt will show up in future pics though.
I had almost the opposite problem! I was taking Italian classes in Florence, so I can speak a little bit, and I was kind of excited to try ordering at restaurants in Italian. But I've been mostly in pretty touristy areas, so almost every time I try to order in Italian, they just speak back to me in English because my accent is so bad haha. Pocket-dictionary style is much braver!
Incredible towns that look like something out of a dream. Sounds like you had an incredible experience. I'll have to get to Italy someday. Any suggestions on how to plan a trip there, as in what part of Italy would you concentrate on?
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It felt like a dream! I am keeping my trip sort of basic, honestly, mainly in very popular areas, because I'm no expert. But I have liked everywhere I've gone so far -- Cinque Terre, Florence, Venice, Pisa and Rome. I do recommend the Blue Trail if you're a hiker, and I really loved Venice too. If it's a longer trip, I think Florence is a good base from which you can enjoy that city and take small trips to other places. If you want to be moving all the time on your trip, the trains are really good. I have a friend who went down from Milan to Florence to Cinque Terre to Rome and is now going back up to Venice and Verona. He saw a lot of smaller towns along the way too. :)
Too cool! Sounds like you are living the Italian dream.
I think it would be a longer trip, so it sounds like Florence would be a good base, although I don't know how expensive it is compared to some of the smaller towns.
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Somewhere like Siena or Pisa could work. There are lots of smaller towns around Tuscany that I’m sure are beautiful too.
Awesome. Thanks for the advice.