You may know Bologna as the birthplace of bolognese sauce (we just call it ragu here), or mortadella, the ancestor or that rubbery lunch meat bologna. But maybe more importantly, Bologna is the home of one of the greatest pastas ever invented: the delicate and delicious tortellini.
On October 28th we left Seattle and boarded a plane towards Bologna, Italy, and the unknown. Today is February 28th, which means that was 4 entire months ago. It feels like a life time. Marcella on the day we arrived, and in Malta last week. Here are a few of the things that have happened […]
It’s been uncharacteristically, unacceptably cold here in Italy lately. Icy winds from Siberia have plunged the continent into a late freezing winter. So it’s the perfect time to duck into a cafe for some hot chocolate. Italian hot chocolate and hot mulled wine, vin brulé, are two of the best parts of winter in Italy.
Malta was a bit of a watershed moment for our little family. You see, while we have traveled with Marcella across countries and oceans, we’ve never taken a real family vacation. We’ve travel with and to visit our families, for weddings, for work and hell, we even moved across the world, but this long weekend […]
We decided to go to Malta for the most random of reasons: there was a RyanAir sale, it wasn’t too far away and it had a decent chance of not being freezing cold in February. I was so preoccupied with stressing out about my immigration appointment that I didn’t bother to plan anything beyond an […]
This post originally appeared on Twenty-Something Travel As I mentioned last week, I am settled and comfortable in Seattle, with my fully-stocked kitchen, cute desk, and local coffee shops (that is plural: there are literally a dozen within walking distance). Now that everything is the way I like it, it’s time to shake things up […]
This article was originally published on Twenty-Something Travel I finally finished blogging about my last trip which means it’s time to get moving again. This summer is kind of a weird one for me. On the one hand it’s prime traveling season and I’ll take most any excuse to get out of the DC humidity. On […]
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