Italy just kinda fits us. Our travel ethos is pretty much: walk around, see some things, eat good food, drink good drink. Well, Italy certainly has some things to see. But even more than that, it’s got some good food, and some damn good drink. You know that to be true as you look at the map, at the names of cities, and say to yourself, “I’ve eaten that!” In that vein, on our way out of Como we made…
As no one answered the phone Erika held up to her ear, I looked around the cozy confines of our Fiat Cinquecento. I guess it wouldn’t be so bad to sleep in here, I thought. On the drive up to Lake Como, we’d stopped for a long time at a Carrefour, to buy a massive amount of food and supplies for our road trip. We’d figured since we’d have the car for so long, we could just keep everything in…
I’m writing this post at a weird time. Because I’m incredibly slow at getting blog posts together, it turns out I’m writing this during the Coronavirus lockdown. And it’s weird, and depressing, trying to write about our month spent in Italy, as such terrible, sad news comes out of Italy every day. I’m worried about our friends and family in Italy–especially since they live in the north, which has been taking the hardest hits. We’ve been in touch with them,…
