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January 10, 2010

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Stuff you might encounter driving in the Italian country side.

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Postcard from the Romantic Road in Germany!

Oh L'Amour! Local wine, medieval castles, rolling hills and a winding river... the place for love. No, not Paris. I am talking about the Romantic Road (Romantische Strasse). Romance might not be the first word that comes to mind when you think of Germany, but that's where you would be wrong. Kim and Clark, of To Uncertainty & Beyond, sent the postcard above from this gorgeous region of western Germany. This strasse stretches 353 km from just below the city of Frankfurt down to Munich and the Bavarian Alps in the south.

Of the beautiful towns, medieval fortresses, and Gothic churches you can find, you have probably at least heard of the Neuschwanstein Castle. This stunning castle sits high up on a rugged hill amidst the Bavarian Alps, inspiring the design of Sleeping Beauty's castle in Disneyland.
However, you may not have heard of Nordlingen or Rothenburg ob der Tauber, two other gems along the road. The former, Nordlingen, has maintained its medieval character with i…

Tips for the traveler to Southern Sardinia

As much as I travel and as much as I thought I knew about Italy (and myself in Italy), my latest trip to Sardegna (Sardinia) taught me quite a few things, many of which would have been helpful to know before the trip. Though each of us will have our own experiences, I thought I would share some hindsight on my trip in case it can serve as tips for yours.

1. Figure out beforehand whether you (and your travel companions) are beach people and plan your trip accordingly.

It turns out that, though I love the sun and going and staying in the water for hours, I can't do it every day. Even with the crystal blue, perfectly temperate Sardinian waters, after about 3 beach days, I was ready for some city exploring- my travel partner, a non-water goer, even more so. Southern Sardegna in August at the Ferragosto holiday was not the best region in the world to explore cities. We were often window shopping at closed stores, reading menus of closed restaurants or wandering around empty streets...…

Winning a peace prize

I knew I wanted to get away for my birthday. Where didn't matter. But I didn't want to stay put.

I have not felt at home or at peace since I have gotten back to Rome. There are a whole series of reasons why; the biggest are that my kitty died and that the apartment that we moved into has had an endless stream of ridiculous problems. This combined with a lot of smaller issues, like my old-reliable computer crashing, getting backed into in our new car and being investigated by the Quebec tax commission, has just made it feel like, despite my best attempts, I haven’t been able to make Rome feel like home again.

And probably because of the stress of it all, I keep getting sick and being sick makes everything worse because you can’t run around and ignore your problems. You have to sit still and face them, which means that I have been forced to stay inside, in this seemingly cursed apartment, living in the absence of Matteo and staring at my broken computer screen.

So of course, I …

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