If you happen to be friends with me on Facebook than you probably already know that me and t-man decided to escape January boredom and visit a picturesque town near the Italian border in Austria – Villach. T-man has been talking about this town for some time so I finally took him up on this offer … Continue reading »
While we are so lucky to not have extremely cold weather yet { however the mosquitos are still alive and well at my house}, the holiday season is around the corner. If you had enough fun watching Americans trample all over themselves on black Friday via youtube then I have some events for you. One … Continue reading »
This weekend I had the chance to check out some really interesting conferences and discussions regarding cultural heritage & cooperative tourism in Florence and Tuscany. Living in a city as historical as Florence, you can’t help but be touched by the effect that our cities history, culture and art has on tourists and there is … Continue reading »
Love it or hate it, Halloween is just around the corner and the way I can tell is by looking in the display window at any one euro shop. The holiday is of course yet another American invention but one that Italians usually enjoy, especially my boyfriend. He is sucker for any sort of haunted … Continue reading »
Day 2 : after a good night’s sleep we set off to meet our tour guide for the morning in the most famous area of Pisa, Piazza dei Miracoli – home of the leaning tower, Duomo and baptistry. Our particular tour focused on the life Galileo and his journey from birth to famous scientist – … Continue reading »
As you probably know from my previous posts or my blog’s facebook page, I am currently in Pisa, Italy on a four day blog tour scouring the city & attending conferences at the Internet Festival on a wide range of topics about the world-wide-web. It is only day 3 and yet it feels like a … Continue reading »
October has snuck up on us yet again and it’s shaping up to be another fun-filled month of events that I am very much looking forward to. I complain sometimes about how fast time seems to be flying – but let’s get real for a moment. It’s flying by because there are so much to … Continue reading »
Harvest season is upon us and all over Italy farmers are rounding up friends/locals/workers to pick grapes in exchange for a great meal and a few bottles. Not only that but there are many cool festivals to attend and I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to head over to Impruneta for their annual ‘Festa dell’Uva’ … Continue reading »
If you haven’t heard about this year’s International Internet Festival in Pisa and you work online (which probably involves everyone to some extent) than this is the introductory blog post for you. Obviously I’ve made it pretty clear that I work online or well let’s be honest, various jobs all online based or partly so. … Continue reading »
This is not a part of my normal series “why you should visit…” but something I just had to incorporate due to my love of food. When I first went to France years ago – Paris with a friend. I didn’t exactly have the best food or wine experience. I was young (21) and my … Continue reading »
