Blogging about my experiences and sharing my thoughts about Rome, Italy and beyond.
With gazillion miles under my belt, I would never have thought that I could make such a stupid mistake. We had booked the train journey to the airport and looking at the various arrival time at the airport, we chose one that left at 6.40am and got into Fiumicino at 7.19am. The flight leaves at [...]
Huge disappointment. That’s how I feel about this year’s Chinese New Year event that’s taking place in Piazza del Popolo this afternoon. It is a four-hour event that culminates with fireworks at about 6.15pm. Why the disappointment? For me, the only sense of Chinese New Year in Rome is this event and the reason I [...]
As if we hadn’t eaten enough for Christmas Eve dinner and Christmas lunch, we headed to Naples on Santa Stefano (or Boxing Day) to have a lunch with my husband’s cousins. I can barely recall the last time I was in Naples but trips here were only to visit family. As such, I have never [...]
Every year, my husband gets a Christmas box filled with goodies for the holidays as a present from his company. Each year, I eagerly look forward to see what we will get. I know this is a tradition in some other companies too and have heard complaints from others that their Christmas box is getting [...]
We have celebrated Thanksgiving in Rome since we first got here and by now, it’s a family tradition. As it’s not a holiday, we always celebrate Thanksgiving lunch on Saturday. This enables me to recover from a fun but long day of getting up at 6am to prep the turkey to clearing up after the [...]
One of the beauty of living in Rome is that you have easy access to the sea, mountains, and beautiful neighboring regions such as Tuscany and Umbria. This is what keeps us busy during the weekend if we decide not to just chill out at home. A few months ago, we decided to give sailing [...]
This was one-of-a-kind pasta dinner! We have had our share of wedding dinners and holiday feasts but never have we ever had a 7-course pasta “only” dinner. We found out about this unreal pasta dinner, thanks to Katie Parla who shared that Casa dei Tajarin was hosting a tasting in Rome. Leggera. Light. This is how [...]
It’s olive harvesting time in Italy! Thank goodness as we are down to our last bottle of olive oil. While some may have already completed their harvest, our friends, whom we buy oil from, while be olive harvesting this Friday. It has been a while since we bought olive oil from the store and find [...]
We are happy to share that we had a positive stay in a holiday apartment in Barcelona with Friendly Rentals. While planning our trip to Barcelona, we were not sure which type of accommodation would be best for us and it took us a while to finally opt for a holiday apartment. Renting this holiday [...]
It’s not difficult to find cheap flights from Rome to other cities and towns in Europe thanks to low-cost airlines such as RyanAir, EasyJet and Vueling. Due to their extensive route coverage, you just need to decide where you want to go. If you book at least several months ahead of time, you can get [...]
