The Emilia-Romagna region in northern Italy, extends from the Apennine Mountains in the south to the Po River in the north. Like most of Italy, it has it’s fare share of medieval cities, rich regional gastronomy, seaside resorts and a big beautiful feature city – in this case, the capital, Bologna. It also contains the little Republic of San Marino (the smallest independent State in Europe) , which we could […]
We spent a week on the stunning, sparkling, Ligurian coast in June, based in Rapallo. We drove from Milano to Rapallo and we got our first taste of the ‘Crazy Ligurians’ we had heard about (feisty, hate tourists-yet-rely-on-them!) as they sped past us at 150 km/hr+ on the 2hour drive down to the coast. Our next taste of life in this hilly seaside town came soon after when we tried […]
We travelled through the southern Bohemian region of the Czech Republic in early August and visited three charming towns: Tabor, České Budějovice and Český Krumlov. Despite it being peak tourist season, we were able to stroll through the kinky cobblestone streets of each town, amongst colourful, ornate buildings, decorative churches and majestic palaces in relative peace. Czechia felt very different to its old neighbour/ conjoined state Slovakia and we were […]