Travel Blog of Sean + Nicole

Last Taste of Italy

Matera was an amazing city and great experience. So much history and unique scenery to take in. But now, we needed to head south for the last leg of our trip. We packed up our car in the morning and prepared ourselves for the long 8-hour drive from Matera to Sicily. Besides driving an…

A City of Caves

When we were planning our trip, our travel agent suggested that while we were in Italy, we should go to a city called Matera. It was her favourite city in the country and assured us that it was “not to be missed”. We looked at photos of this city that was lost in time and decided that we had to go…

Beaches and Viewpoints

Amalfi Coast

Praiano

After the craziness of Naples, it was such a breath of fresh air to arrive in Praiano, a small seaside town on the Amalfi Coast. To arrive here we took a bus from the train station in Sorrento. The hour…

In Napoli, Where Love is King…

“…When boy meets girl, here’s what they say.
When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie,
That’s amore.”

Naples

Pizza

When In Rome…

After finishing up in Florence, Sean and I headed to the next major city of our journey — Rome — the home of the colosseum, the Vatican, and Caesar himself! But first, we made a pi tstop in Venice as a romantic vacation together in Italy wouldn’t be complete without at least a glimpse into this city of…

Fun in Firenze

We left Cinque Terre (beaches and coastal mountain sides) for the big citites. The next big leg of our journey will now be taking us to cities like Florence, Pisa, Venice, Rome, and Naples. I am so excited to see these places. I have been to Rome before and I can’t wait to go back. I absolutley fell…

Goodbye Cinque Terre

Sean and I are currently on the train heading to Pisa. We left Cinque Terre at the perfect time as the rain started today. Here’s a recap of the past few days where we visited the remaining four towns in this lovely region.

One down, four to go

Yesterday we said goodbye to Monterosso — and what better way than do so with a wine tasting at the biggest winery in Cinque Terre? More on that in a minute, though.

Cinque Terre, for those unfamiliar, is a small area on the coast of Italy made up of five small…

Getting Lost (part 1)

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We woke up this morning and decided we would try to hike our way to Levanto, which is about a 1.5hr hike. However, we clearly didn’t have a good map as the lack of road and trail…

Genoa: Our first taste of Italy!

After our extremely long commute both our bags and ourselves made it to Genoa, a port town in Northern Italy that was the boyhood home of Christopher Columbus. By the time we made it to sleep both Sean and I were awake for a shocking FORTY hours!

It Started With Paris

Sean and I have now been awake for 30 hours straight and we’re starting to resemble those creatures from the Walking Dead. Unfortunately a bed is still 3 hours away… But it’s all been worth it!

Montréal

Italy, here we come!

Winos log: Airport Terminal B17.

Nicole and I woke up at 5am this morning. Can’t remember the last time I was up this early, but that’s ok. We’re going to Italy!

We spent the morning double — scratch that — triple-checking our bags and…