Earlier this year I went on the old 7-day Cabbage Soup Diet (or cleanse, whatever you want to call it), for which I got a lot of strange looks. It’s not as much a fad diet, because it’s not really popular these days, but I liked that it was short and I could eat a lot. But sometimes I just…
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Italia: Positano
Positano…the real beginning to our fake honeymoon. But first, let me tell you how to get to Positano: To get there the cheap way one must first take a train to Naples – easy peasy, took only an hour and a half because the train traveled so fast my ears were popping. Then, you take the Circumvesuviana which is a…
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Italia: Roma (e Tivoli e Toscana)
A very slow train (by Italian standards) pulled us into Rome, the capital and tourist heart of Italy. Again, we entered the city in the dark, with Tom’s first glimpses being bright lights and night owls. But, we at least had time for our first Roman meal at Ciao Bella where we met a friendly Albanian waiter who was moving…
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Italia: Venezia
Since I had been to Italy before and my confidence in my ability to navigate foreign countries is getting stronger with experience, I had mostly planned to tour the country on our own. However, sometimes it’s nice to take a break and let a tour company step in and do the work for you. So, when I came across the…
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Italia: Firenze and Cinque Terre
After a long sleep-deprived day in Frankfurt, we arrive in Florence around 11:30pm local time. So, Tom’s first view of Italy was a teeny tiny airport (no customs necessary, just step off the plane and walk out) and a nerve-wracking cab ride to Hotel Rivoli (New York has nothing on Italy’s crazy drivers). But after some sleep (yay!) we awoke…
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