Last fall, I got to spend a wonderful long weekend exploring Cinque Terre with one of my favorite travel buddies in the world: my mom! Though the Ligurian Coast is only a few hours train ride from Milan, this was only my second time visiting. Our base for the long weekend was in Monterosso al Mare, […]
Favorite Moments Around London
London is massive, and with so much to see, it’s important to prioritize and plan. My mom and I are list-makers, and had come up with a massive list of everything we wanted to see and do while in London. However, after our first day we realized that wasn’t going to work. Many of the […]
San Francisco and Las Vegas
San Francisco with Krista Over the summer, I was reminded that should/when I move back to the United States, there are plenty of amazing cities to travel to. For my birthday, my parents booked me a ticket to see one of my sisters in San Francisco, California. Before she moved to San Francisco, we […]
Where 2016 Took Me
January Rochester, NY Milan, Italy February Milan, Italy Siena, Italy Stuttgart, Germany Hechingen, Germany Frieburg, Germany Colmar, France March Milan, Italy Rome, Italy Pompeii, Italy Amalfi, Italy Positano, Italy April Milan, Italy May Milan, Italy Prague, Czech Republic June Milan, Italy Jorpeland, Norway Preikestolen, Norway Stavanger, Norway July Milan, Italy Porto Cervo, Italy Cayuga […]
Little Town, It’s a Quiet Village
Colmar, France might have been the prettiest town I’ve ever seen. Actually, Colmar WAS the prettiest town I’ve ever seen, and was the third stop on my parents’ and my February trip. My grandparents have always mentioned Alsace-Lorraine as one of our ancestors’ hometowns, but I never really knew much about it. I also […]
Continuing the Fairytale in Freiburg
Though Stuttgart was cold, rainy, and gloomy, we found the Germany we’d been looking for in Freiburg, known for being Germany’s sunniest town. It looked like a medieval fairytale- rustic old buildings, charming turrets and towers, and these cute little mini-streams along the sides of the roads. We loved it! The beauty of Freiburg was […]
The Start of Our German Fairy Tale
For the last few years, my visits home for Christmas have always included at least one day in the living room with my parents, actively planning their visit in February. Last year we planned out the most wonderful fairy tale vacation in Germany and France, heading back to the home of our ancestral Streisels. Well, […]
Cook and Dine Milano
The best gift I ever gave was a selfish gift because I got to have it, too. Last Christmas, I found to most amazing Milanese cooking class, and was so pumped to share the experience with my parents when they visited in February. The class was with Cook and Dine Milano, run by […]
