EXPLORING THE WORLD
This blog post is the second part of our Vatican City experience, exploring Musei Vaticani. If you missed our visit
If you are in Rome you will go to Vatican City at some point. It's inevitable. From our perspective Vatican
There are a lot of churches in Rome (in Naples and Palermo, too). A lot. We made it a priority
Perhaps the only place in Rome as well-known as Vatican City is the Colosseum. It is also, along with the
After arriving at Roma Termini by train from Naples, we hopped on Metro A line and headed to the Cipro
Naples has a reputation for being crowded, dirty, full of thieves, and unsafe. Yes and no. Mostly no. Crowded? Not
I doubt many first-time travelers to Naples neglect to visit either Parco Archeologico di Pompei or Parco Archeologico di Ercolano
Getting to Reggia di Caserta (“Palace of Caserta”) turned out to be much easier than anticipated. Trenitalia, Italy’s government owned
The Palazzo Reale di Napoli is a must stop on the tourist circuit in Naples. Located on the waterfront between
Our Airbnb is basically next door to the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli (Artecard free; otherwise €22 per person, or
Thankfully our train ride from Reggio Calabria to Naples was entirely unremarkable. You always want travel days to go smoothly
We had no particular reason to visit Reggio Calabria other than that it was on the train line, looked like
The weather was near perfect during our first several days in Palermo, about 65° F and partly sunny. The last
We finally witnessed a fight on a plane. Two passengers went at each other in the aisle while disembarking our
The Wave, an iconic sandstone feature, is located in the Coyote Buttes North section of Vermilion Cliffs National Monument in
It snowed! First snow of the year in the upper elevations of Utah’s southern mountains. As we drove west across
After leaving Torrey and hiking the Lower Calf Creek Falls trail, we arrived at Best Western Ruby’s Inn in Bryce
We didn’t know much about Capitol Reef National Park before this trip, and we still don’t know much about it.
Most tourists heading to southeast Utah go to Moab, as the city is well known, trendy, and close to both
We met a lot of folks who were in Canyonlands National Park only because Arches National Park was closed. That’s
We arrived at Arches National Park at about 10:00 AM on Monday, only to see the following sign: “Park is
On the way to Utah we detoured to the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta, a bucket list item for Stephanie. And it
The Graz skyline is, well, unremarkable. The north side of town is dominated by the Grazer Schloßberg, a park high
There is something strangely satisfying riding a train, in relative comfort, across a foreign country. And so Stephanie and I