Our Costa Mediterranea cruise approached a foggy Venice. Due to the inclement weather, we were told that there would be a slight delay to our arrival time. We had booked a two night stay at the Guesthouse Alloggi Agli Artisti…
Italy – Murano & Burano
Our Costa Mediterranea cruise was supposed to dock in the port of Trieste today, but due to “inclement weather”, the captain had cancelled the port and given us an extra day to explore Venice. We were a bit bummed out…
Italy – Bologna
An easy train ride from Florence to Bologna brought us to our destination at around noon. Our lodging was at the Bologna Center Town (64 Euros incl breakfast, shared bathroom), a B&B with great reviews located on Via Guglielmo Marconi,…
Italy – Florence
We arrived in Florence (Santa Maria Novella train station) on an afternoon train from Pisa. Our lodging for two nights was the centrally located Wow Florence Hostel (good value at 52 Euros a night, with a private room/bathroom and kitchen…
Italy – Pisa
After Cinque Terre, we hopped on a train to Florence that passed right by Pisa. Of course we had to hop off to check out the Leaning Tower! Not wanting to lug our heavy backpacks with us, we used the…