Sardinia

Post category:Italy / Southern Europe

Real paradise on earth This was a very short and exciting trip in June 2010. The trip to Sardinia island, the second largest island in the Mediterranean, lasted only 4 days, although, considering that the sun is shining all day long in Sardinia, the sea is beautiful, and nature pampers everybody with warm evenings – even two weeks may be too short to enjoy all this beauty. Sardinia could be a place to return to again and again. Arrival to Sardinia We arrived at Alghero Airport on a Ryanair flight from Frankfurt. At the airport we immediately picked up a…

Italian cooking classes in Rome

Post category:Food / Italy

This experience was part of our trip to Italian capital city Rome. After returning from our one-day long trip to Vesuvius, we had one more major attraction booked - cooking classes in Italian restaurant. Almost everybody around the world knows Italian food. Italian cuisine has been developing since ancient times and has spread around the world until nowadays. One of the main characteristics of Italian dishes is that it is usually simple to prepare a meal because just a few main ingredients (often two to four) are normally used. However, Italy is large country and the same dish may be…

Central Italy

Post category:Italy / Southern Europe

Rome, Umbria and Vesuvius This was short trip, together with friends, to Umbria and Vesuvius in the second part of November, 2009 . We arrived to Rome by plane. In advance, we agreed rent of apartment in the centre of the city. Apartment was located just a few hundred meters from Vatican City, river Tiber and very close to many other attractions. A few days after arrival, we rented a car to reach another points of interest outside of Rome - Vesuvius, caves of stalactites and to taste some Italian food in countryside. Italian capital Rome We were lucky with…

Verona, Sirmione and lake Garda

Post category:Italy / Southern Europe

Verona One day, the weather in the Alps was extremely foggy and rainy, so we decided to go in southern direction to look for sun. In a such way, in a few hours, we reached Verona. Without any special plans for this visit, we found one of the most popular sites of Verona - amphitheatre. Verona, with a bit more than quarter of million inhabitants, is the second largest city municipality in the Veneto region and the third largest in northeast Italy. Between 13th and 14th centuries, Verona experienced great prosperity, becoming powerful and rich; famous William Shakespeare's play Romeo…

Dolomite Alps and South Tyrol

Post category:Italy / Southern Europe

In the middle of July, 2008 we went to Northern Italy to see once again Italian Alps. To start our journey around Dolomites, we arrived at Bergamo Orio Al Serio airport, at the airport picked up our Fiat (it was booked in advance, we used Economy Car Rentals as usual) and went to the mountains. Our temporary residence for about a week in Italian Alps was supposed to be a small mountain village Canazei where we got nice apartment for very good price. Accommodation in Italian Alps From Bergamo we went to the East and then, after passing Garda Lake,…