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Unique Stays: Thinking Outside the Hotel Room
Europe ► February 20, 2020

Unique Stays: Thinking Outside the Hotel Room

A hotel may be your first choice when looking for a place to stay while on vacation but should it be? I’ve stayed in a wide range of unique stays from convents to apartments. Take it...

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Studying Abroad in Italy: 10 Cities of Food & Self Discovery
Europe ► January 6, 2020

Studying Abroad in Italy: 10 Cities of Food & Self Discovery

After a decade since studying abroad in Italy I look back at each city I visited and reflect on what I learned.  For a budding foodie, Italy is one of the best places to nourish...

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My Guide to Venice, Italy
Italy ► June 4, 2018

My Guide to Venice, Italy

This is not a guide that covers how to get from the airport to your hotel. Nor is it a guide that talks about what you should do with your 6 hours before you need...

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My Best Travel Photography: Europe Edition
Europe ► August 9, 2016

My Best Travel Photography: Europe Edition

Life has been so busy lately I have barely had time to celebrate the year my website turns 5. It’s official birthday was in March of this year but with the redesign underway I wasn’t...

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The Most Expensive Coffee in the World: Kopi Luwak & the Catch 22
Europe ► September 29, 2015

The Most Expensive Coffee in the World: Kopi Luwak & the Catch 22

“It’sa the most expensive coffee in de worrrld.” Our very Italian Walks of Italy guide annunciated to us, a slightly buzzed group of 20 travelers from around the world. We had just arrived at the...

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Art Smart: Marrying the Sea, Venice’s Love of the Adriatic
Art ► February 17, 2015

Art Smart: Marrying the Sea, Venice’s Love of the Adriatic

Just in time for the month of love and floating mischievous cupids the ArtSmart Roundtable is taking aim at the depiction of love in art. If you’re new to ArtSmart Roundtable you can follow us,...

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Cin Cin!: Drink Like a Venetian – Wine with Context Travel
Europe ► August 14, 2014

Cin Cin!: Drink Like a Venetian – Wine with Context Travel

I love wine. I visit plenty of wineries. I enjoy learning about the ancient elixir. Trying to pair it with meals is a delicious trial and error. I even enjoy photographing it. But I have...

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Living Like a Local in Venice with GowithOh Apartments
Europe ► July 25, 2014

Living Like a Local in Venice with GowithOh Apartments

Local Venetian life is like an exclusive club you can only inherit or purchase your way into like Elton John. But, I’ve found a bit of a shortcut that doesn’t cost you over €4000 per...

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Venice on a Plate: A Food Tour of Venice with Walks of Italy
Europe ► July 18, 2014

Venice on a Plate: A Food Tour of Venice with Walks of Italy

  So much good food! Yes I am still alive after so much traveling within these past 4 weeks. From Italy and France to Northern British Columbia I have returned with many stories to tell....

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Snapshots of Venetian Splendour #GwOGourmands
Europe ► July 2, 2014

Snapshots of Venetian Splendour #GwOGourmands

Venice, as I explain to anyone who asks, is one of those places that makes your heart glow when you think about it. At least it is for me. Where else can you see history...

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ArtSmart: Learning to See The Light in Vicenza, Italy
Art ► June 2, 2014

ArtSmart: Learning to See The Light in Vicenza, Italy

ArtSmart is a group of bloggers who write about a specified topic to be published on the first Monday of each month. You can see my colleagues’ posts at the bottom of this page. This...

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3 Blogs to Follow Before You Go to Venice
Europe ► May 21, 2014

3 Blogs to Follow Before You Go to Venice

With only 1 month to go until I return to Venice. I have been allowing myself to binge on all things Venetian during the weekends. This includes watching usually bad movies set in the gorgeous...

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History & Highlights of Peggy Guggenheim’s Sculpture Garden
Art ► April 14, 2014

History & Highlights of Peggy Guggenheim’s Sculpture Garden

Visiting the Peggy Guggenheim in Venice for the first time is an experience to remember. But visiting it for the first time as the sunsets at a private party with booming music and an Aperol...

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Sunday Pranzo: The Oddest Place I Ever Ate in Rome
Europe ► August 3, 2013

Sunday Pranzo: The Oddest Place I Ever Ate in Rome

To this day one of the most oddest sandwich shops I have ever step foot in was in Rome very near to my hotel, the Holiday Inn Express where we admittedly cheaped out on our...

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Venice Decoded: Top 3 Lion Statues
Art ► July 1, 2013

Venice Decoded: Top 3 Lion Statues

June marked my 3 year anniversary since I first met and became infatuated with Venice and its history. I traveled there in 2010 to study art history and in particular the Reniassance of Venice and...

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ArtSmart: Artist as Comedian in Vicenza, Italy
Europe ► April 1, 2013

ArtSmart: Artist as Comedian in Vicenza, Italy

Happy April Fools! As we indulge in the last of the winter’s helpings of hearty vegetables and salty ham or turkey we may want to take care in accepting mama’s special plate made just for...

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Art Worth Traveling For in Rural Italy
Europe ► March 4, 2013

Art Worth Traveling For in Rural Italy

      I am very excited to be writing my first post for the ArtSmart Roundtable which is a group of brilliant bloggers who write once a month on a topic or theme, each...

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Vogalonga 2013: Paddling Venice
Europe ► February 10, 2013

Vogalonga 2013: Paddling Venice

Want some nautical adventure in the middle of a historic city this May?  Why not sign yourself up for the Vogalonga in Venice? While Venice is celebrating Carnival this February, I am reminiscing about a...

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Wandering the Vatican & Spotting Celebs
Art ► April 16, 2012

Wandering the Vatican & Spotting Celebs

    The Vatican Museum was a highlight of my trip to Rome. However, the weather was not cooperating at all so my boyfriend and I stood in the rain (with sandals) for 45 minutes...

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Tuscan Views in San Gimigano
Europe ► March 22, 2012

Tuscan Views in San Gimigano

  I first saw San Gimignano on the cover of my DK Italy guide book. It being my first trip abroad I would consult the guide for vague help before arriving somewhere new. When I realized...

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Florentine Flaneuse: Wandering the Streets of Florence
Italy ► February 25, 2012

Florentine Flaneuse: Wandering the Streets of Florence

                    The first time I stood before the Duomo di Firenze I was consumed with the vast amount of detail on its exterior façade of green, creamy-white and soft, aging burgundy...

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Itinerary: Bologna, Italy
Europe ► February 16, 2012

Itinerary: Bologna, Italy

  Besides being a foodie’s dream location, Bologna also offers a wealth of activities where visitors can interact with its gritty, ancient and intellectual history. It is home to one of the oldest Universities in...

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Top 5 Ways to Experience Intimate Venice
Europe ► November 17, 2011

Top 5 Ways to Experience Intimate Venice

  If you’ve been to Venice you may have your mind made up on whether or not you love it or hate it. The streets are narrow and difficult to manoeuvre amongst the dense lines of...

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Is Venice’s Palazzo Ducale Worth It?
Art ► November 3, 2011

Is Venice’s Palazzo Ducale Worth It?

Hands down, Venice was my favourite city of Italy. This goes against popular opinion where some seem to think it is not worthy for a lengthy visit. This couldn’t be more wrong. I wrote a...

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Mantua (Mantova) Market
Art ► September 15, 2011

Mantua (Mantova) Market

While on the topic of markets this week I must share a most unusual and exciting market in the small town of Mantua (AKA Mantova). You know…that place where Romeo was exiled from fair Verona?...

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Walk to Villas in the Italian Countryside: La Rotonda, Vicenza, Italy
Art ► August 29, 2011

Walk to Villas in the Italian Countryside: La Rotonda, Vicenza, Italy

One of the best “strolls” I have ever had the privilege to take was in Vicenza, Italy. Actually, to be more specific, it was from the centre of town up into the hills over looking...

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Is Rome’s Colosseum Worth The Visit?
Europe ► August 8, 2011

Is Rome’s Colosseum Worth The Visit?

My final day in Rome I saved the best for last or what you expect to the best… the Colosseum. I had worried that I built this iconic symbol to be something more grand than...

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Is It Worth Taking a Day Trip to San Gimignano, Tuscany?
Cities ► August 2, 2011

Is It Worth Taking a Day Trip to San Gimignano, Tuscany?

One thing that drove me nuts while in Italy was the lack of bacon and eggs. I learned very fast that the Italians aren’t big breakfast people and, often, the only thing I could turn...

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Capri, Italy: Is it worth the trip from Rome?
Cities ► April 7, 2011

Capri, Italy: Is it worth the trip from Rome?

  Is Capri, Italy worth the trip from Rome? It is a question I get asked by those looking to spice up their trip to Italy with a glam location full of sun and azure...

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