Bergamo is a two-tiered city made up of the Citta Alta (upper city) and Citta Bassa (lower city), with the two parts connected by a funicular or by a winding footpath along the city’s defensive walls. Citta Alta is surrounded by 17th century cyclopic defensive walls, fortified by the Venetian Republic. Piazza Vecchia is the […]
The Sights of Geneva, Switzerland
Geneva is known as the “Peace Capital” of the world and rightly so as it is the headquarters of the United Nations as well as where the Geneva Conventions were signed. Located where the Rhone River exits Lake Geneva, it is a compact metropolis with many sights to see. The Jet d’Eau, or water jet, […]
Morges, Switzerland
Morges is a small town situated on Lake Geneva in Switzerland and is called the “flower of Lake Geneva.” It’s no wonder since Morges hosts the yearly Tulip Festival, which has become a tradition. More than a hundred thousand tulips in over 300 varities, some of them over 100 years old, are on display from […]
3 Must Visit Towns on Lake Como
In 1818 Percy Bysshe Shelley wrote to Thomas Love Peacock: “This lake exceeds anything I ever beheld in beauty, with the exception of the arbutus islands of Killarney. It is long and narrow, and has the appearance of a mighty river winding among the mountains and the forests”. Undoubtedly romantic and beautiful, there’s a reason […]
Postojna Cave, Slovenia
Postojna Cave is located in western Slovenia and is a 20km (12 mile) labyrinth of passages filled with stalactites, stalagmites, and rock formations. Postojna Cave is part of the Karst cave system, meaning a landscape shaped by the dissolution of a layer or layers of soluble bedrock, usually carbonate rock such as limestone or dolomite, […]
Slovenia’s Cave Castle
Predjamski Grad, or the Predjama Castle, is perched in a cavern 123 meters up a steep overhanging cliff. Aside from the stunning cave-castle, archaeologists have discovered a prehistoric settlement in the caves of the area which dates back 150,000 years before Christ. The castle dates back to 1202 and has a drawbridge over a raging […]
Miles of Cross Country Ski Trails at Dobbiaco
Lago Dobbiaco is nestled in the picturesque Dolomites on the Italy/Austria border. Dobbiaco, Toblach in German, is a city in the Trentino-Alto Adige region of Italy. Every year, Dobbiaco hosts an annual Balloon Festival. We missed it by a weekend, but there were still a few balloons in the air. Cross country ski trails abound […]
Bratislava, Slovakia
Arriving in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, was like taking a trip back in time to the 1980’s Soviet Union. Bratislava, much like Budapest, is divided by the River Danube following through the middle of the city. Driving from Vienna, we came upon the rows and rows of the Communist era gray concrete apartment buildings […]
36 Hours in Lake Bled
Lake Bled is the crown jewel of Slovenia. With a postcard-perfect church crowning Slovenia’s only natural island, a castle clinging to a cliff and a turquoise lake set among some of the highest peaks of the Julian Alps, it’s easy to see why it’s one of the top places to visit in Slovenia. So, wondering […]
A Little Slice of Heaven: Prickly Pear Cay
Prickly Pear Cay is a deserted little island lying off the coast of Anguilla. Nobody lives on Prickly Pear and restaurant staff travel over each day to be of service to the island’s visitors. Prickly Pear is simply about relaxation. There are three reefs lying just off shore that provide the best snorkeling we’ve seen […]
