Tara and Lora Italy’s TOP 10 list includes: 1.  Gelato all the time / anytime 2.  Ancient ruins 3.  Good cheap wine (cheaper than Coca-cola!) 4.  Fresh pasta 5.  Shopping! ( 8 dresses and 3 tops for 250 Euros!) 6.  Dune restaurant: Best Greek salad7.  Finding our gelato contains less calories and fat than ice…

Joe We have added a few new pics to the Italy album.  Enjoy! We stopped in Rome for one day on our way to Sorrento and then for two days on our way back.  It was an unusual city for me because although it was overrun with tourists, hot and expensive it still created a…

Lora We have added more photos to the Italy album! After a week of hectic travel from Varenna to Florence to Orvieto and a day in Rome, we were looking forward to experiencing the slower pace Italian lifestyle of Sorrento and Capri. We first visited Sorrento, a small Italian fishing village nestled cliffside overlooking the…

Joseph We have added more pictured to the Italy album. Enjoy! No matter where you are, Mount Vesuvius dominates the skyline from Naples to Sorrento. Even today the mountain looks like the volcano it actually is; Vesuvius is considered active and last erupted in 1944. The Cicumvesuviana train we took skirts the base of the…

Tara We have added over 25 new photos to the Italy album.  Enjoy! After spending our 2 first days settling into Italian life – a.k.a La Dolce Vita – we headed for Florence. Florence, as expected, is a bustling and touristy city in comparison to the tranquility of Varenna. The crowds and the spike in…

Tara Mission:    Find the best gelato in Italy Panel:        Joe, Penny, Lora and Tara Gelato is the Italian version of ice cream.  The history of gelato dates back from the 16th century. There is confusion about its origin or inventor, but as the story goes it is credited to Bernardo Buntalenti, a…

Penny We’ve added an Italy album with some pictures of us and our new travel buddies, Tara and Lora. After arriving in Milan, we headed straight for the train station where we took an early train to Varenna. That was to be our first stop in Italy and where we were going to meet up…

Penny Dear readers, For the Italian leg of our trip we are being joined by my friend Tara and her friend Lora. We met the girls in Varenna by the edge of Lake Como in northern Italy where we spent our first night in Italy. Tara is the mastermind behind our Italy two week trip…