Taking the Train in Italy
A few lessons learned from hauling luggage through train stations, changing plans at the last minute and spending one very crowded ride packed like sardines between Cinque Terre and Florence.
You Don’t Need a Car in Puglia
You don’t need a car in Puglia, and I wish I had known that. After one attempt at driving through Ostuni, I realized the rental car everyone told me I needed was actually making the trip harder.
Spend a Day (or Two) in Bari
I wouldn’t write off Puglia’s biggest city as just a place to catch a flight. Bari was the final stop on my nine-day trip through Puglia, and admittedly, it was the city I had planned the least around.
Screensavers and Switzerland
Sometimes a trip begins with a carefully curated bucket list, years of dreaming or a place you've always known you wanted to see. And sometimes it begins with a Microsoft screensaver and a one-word text from your dad:
“Here?”