Day 936 – Lecce, Italy – The heel of the boot.

   To round out our Italy adventure we decided our last stop should be Lecce, all the way down into…

2 years ago

Day 924 – Matera, Italy – (Part 2) – Historic City Center, Puglian Food, and the rest.

   If your only experience of Matera is from photos or travel shows it's easy to think that the ancient…

3 years ago

Day 924 – Matera, Italy – (Part 1) – Sassi di Matera – An ancient city of troglodytes

   Here lies the foundations of human civilizations. A warren of hand carved underground dwellings and structures. These were the…

3 years ago

Bros – May 4, 2022 (Lecce, Italy)

   Bros is self-described as avant-garde and attempts to push the boundaries of gastronomy through inventing new flavors using experimental…

3 years ago

Day 919 – The Amalfi Coast, Italy – Positano, Amalfi, and Ravello

   The Amalfi Coast has long been one of my travel goals and I was elated to finally get to…

3 years ago

Day 915 – Sorrento, Italy – A cute cliffside lemon town.

   Directly across the Bay of Naples from Naples is the quaint cliffside town of Sorrento, about 30 miles by…

3 years ago

Day 907 – Naples, Italy – A riot of chaos, diversity, and fold up street pizza.

   Naples. A jungle of antiquity and life. An endless reticulated tangling. Layer upon layer. Thin lanes dotted with shrines…

3 years ago

Day 899 – Rome, Italy – (Part 3) – Food Tour of Rome

   Each region of Italy has a unique style of food and most of it completely unlike the food you…

3 years ago

Day 899 – Rome, Italy – (Part 2) – Old Rome

   As we've travelled throughout Europe over the past few years, there are few places that were not touched and…

3 years ago

Day 899 – Rome, Italy – Founded by a guy who sucked on wolf titties. (supposedly)

   Rome, according to legend, was founded by Romulus, the child of a vestal virgin raped by Mars, then condemned…

3 years ago

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Where am I now?

Eugene, OR

(We’ve reached the end of our trip.  Time to settle down for a bit and recharge our batteries and our bank accounts.  It’s been a good run.  Eugene had the right kind of vibe we were looking for.  Good people.  A good size.  Affordable.  We’re going to give it a go here.  But we’re open to what comes.)

 

Next up:

Nowhere for the moment

(For the first time in three years we don’t have the next adventure planned out.  That’s going to be a strange reality to adjust to.)