Bali

Indonesia. South of the equator and the furthest East I had ever been. From Venice to Bali, it was a total flight time of 14 hours plus a three-hour layover in Qatar. When we finally arrived, the warm weather hit us immediately. Our first destination in Bali was Ubud. Our host had a driver get […]

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Top 5 Things to do in Venice

Venice. Better known as the city of love. I would beg to differ, but maybe I just didn’t do it right… Another Italian city I was hesitant about. I have no idea why. Everything I read about the streets of Venice were positive. When exiting the train station, you are directly in front of the […]

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Venice

We boarded our train from Monterosso al Mare (Cinque Terre) at 11am. Peek-a-boo pockets of the sea streamed through periodically. We had “assigned seats” but I’m not sure if they actually mandate this. I would suggest trying to sit on the left side (when heading north). There are a lot more ocean views. The train […]

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