We’ve spent quite a bit of time in Slovenia over the last four years that we’ve been living in Italy. A mere month after we moved to Italy, we were off on a road trip to Pula, Croatia, and stopped for the first time to let our feet hit the ground in the mysterious former […]
Hiking the Dolomites Alta Via 1
Have you ever wanted to hike a long distance trail? Then you need to give the Dolomites Alta Via 1 (High Route 1) in Italy a look. It starts near the Austrian border and heads south through the beautiful and rugged Dolomite Mountains for 80-90 miles. The best part about backpacking this distance trail is […]
Wine Wednesday: Traveling the Santorini Wine Road
Santorini is famous for its wine and unique vinification process. Even though we spent our first day on Santorini on a Wine and Food Lovers Tour tasting Santorini’s best wines and learning how to cook some of its famous dishes like tomato fritters, as two oenophiles we couldn’t get enough! There are just 9 of […]
5 Italian Street Foods to Try
Google Italian food and immediately images of wood-fired pizzas and heaping plates of pasta pop-up. Like many, even after years of living in Italy, I don’t associate Italy with street food. We put the question to our Facebook community and taco carts were mentioned more than once along with Korean Yaki Mandu, steaming bowls of […]
A Wine and Food Lovers’ Tour of Santorini
Grape phylloxera, a type of parasite, destroyed most of the grapes in Europe in the late 19th century. The phylloxera plague came about when English botanists introduced American vines, which were partially resistant, in the 1850s. Vineyards in Britain were quickly devastated and the epidemic moved to mainland Europe wiping out most of the European […]
9 Reasons to Love Astra Suites Santorini
Santorini is a magical and mysterious place. Even Plato thought so and based his story about the lost city of Atlantis on the island’s own lost city of ancient Akrotiri. We had so many magical discoveries of our own on the island – the incredible food, the wine, stunning sea cliffs only accessible by tiny […]
Ancient Akrotiri
On the southern end of Santorini sits an archeological excavation site of the ancient Minoan city of Akrotiri. Dubbed the Greek Pompeii, it too was destroyed and preserved all at once by a volcanic eruption. Only ancient Akrotiri is much, much older than Pompeii. Ash and pumice from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius buried and […]
Hip Hoppy Kick-Ass Ales
I’ve drank beer exactly two times in the last two years: on a visit to the Mack Brewery in Tromsø, Norway and when we stopped in to the Santorini Brewing Company. Not a fan of beer, I never want to be rude when a brewery is taking time out to give us tour and proudly […]
Sea Kayaking Santorini’s South Coast
For several days, we went to bed and woke up to high winds during our 5-day Santorini stay. “Most unusual at this time of year!” just about any local would tell me as I asked about the wind. Tim and I were scheduled to go sea kayaking on our last day, weather permitting of course, […]
10 Things to Taste in Santorini
This year has been dedicated to the Year of Gastronomy in Santorini. The Greek island is showcasing their unique agricultural products like the sweet Santorini tomato, ripe pistachios, and the white fava bean through culinary events and special Year of Gastronomy in Santorini menus at some restaurants across the island. It’s a good thing we […]
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