We picked Mom up at the Rome airport fairly early in the morning.We weren’t sure what to expect but Mom was chipper when she came through the arrival doors. She regaled us with stories of how lucky she had been as there was a mix up with the seats and many of the people in . . . read more
We booked a cheap hotel for our first few nights in Rome. It was a part of floor in a building that had been broken down into several hotel rooms. The room we booked had a small table at the entrance of our room that could be used for work. Then to the right was . . . read more
Our first trip to Rome in 2009 was fantastic. It was Kuah and my first anniversary and our first trip to Europe together. I did a lot of planning and bought skip the line tickets to all of the major attractions and we walked all over the city. I don’t remember the name of the . . . read more
At the Campo de’ Fiori, one of Rome’s oldest markets, there is a pizza place that has the reputation for serving the best pizza in Rome. I first read about it in Food & Wine magazine. But have since seen it mentioned elsewhere. Of course Kuah and I couldn’t pass up checking out to see . . . read more
On the day we arrived our driver passed a market on the way to the hotel. We took the tram a few stops down to it after checking in. It was different than I thought it would be. Rather than a food market it ended up being more like a flea market. It was full . . . read more
We had one more walking adventure at Lake Como. This time we took the funicular up and then hiked to some small towns. We thought the walk would be easy but the beginning was a tough hike. Once again we found ourselves dangerously close to the edge. Thankfully it wasn’t as stressful as our Austrian . . . read more
On our first day in Lake Como we dropped our bags off, walked out of the hotel and turned right. We decided on the second day we would turn left to see what we could discover. Turning right brought us right down to Lake Como. Unfortunately, turning left led to a sidewalk along a fairly . . . read more
Lake Como was a surprise addition to our vacation. We had originally planned to fly into Zurich but all of the rewards tickets were wait-listed. After some research we found we could get tickets from Singapore to Milan on an overnight flight. Neither of us were very interested in Milan but we had heard good . . . read more