The Sanctuary of the Madonna di San Luca is a destination for pilgrims from all over the world and while I was in Bologna primarily to worship the food and architecture, I decided to make the trek to the magnificent sanctuary which sits atop the Guardia Hill and serves as the most prominent landmark in the beautiful city of Bologna.
Bergamo is a trading crossroads for not only Europe but for the world. And, as a bonus – some wonderful festivals come with that.
Lake Como – one of the most beautiful lakes in the world and a crown jewel of Italian masterpieces.
With more than 350 species of birds having been sighted in the Po River Region, this is a territory that at first glance looks unvaried, but is actually quite surprising richness.
The best part of living in Hawaii is that when your trip is over, it’s time to go home – to Hawaii. Honestly, I miss my family and am ready to be back with them. I’m super stoked to be going home to Hawaii where my wife and daughter have been silently suffering (and pretending…
(Scroll down for links to PDF files) I wrote these books so people could read them – I’ve made a little bit of money with them through the years (very little, but hey, that wasn’t the point) now and in the coming days – I think it’s very likely that people might find themselves with…
I’ve always been fascinated by capsule hotels – but never really had the chance to stay in one until I came to Australia about ten days ago – for some reason I always thought they were more expensive than they actually are – I booked all ten of my days in Australia in three different…
I will update this as time goes on…I My Experience with 2020, the year of COVID-19. I’m not sure if I’ve just been waiting for a disaster or if I’m just more informed or if I tend to have a longer view of things than other people – but this pandemic has come as no…
This was the only organized tour I did – and I made sure that it was an active tour so I wouldn’t be trapped in a bus with the cruise ship / baby boomer crowd. The tour was good – our guide, Gaz was a cool guy and had a good tour with equal parts…
My initial thought on Tasmania and Australia since I have just a short amount of time here was to walk as much as possible and stick pretty close to where I was staying – my explorations would be as far as walking would carry me. The only problem with that method was that Launceston isn’t…