2011 December | Italy Blogs - Travel Tips, Reviews & Vacation Advice Blog

Kindle Fire Best Travel Gift Ever

I recently purchased a Kindle Fire and I love it I went back and forth about a thousand times about whether I should buy a Kindle Fire or spend an additional 300 on an iPad Just about everyone at Starbucks has an iPad so I could talk to people and found out what they liked about the device and what they did not like Since the Kindle Fire is new I could not get those types of reviews I finally decided that since I will be using my device primarily...

Bridge of Sighs in Venice Italy Restored and Reopened

After spending more than three years covered in scaffolding and advertisements the Bridge of Sighs in Venice has reopened In 2007 a piece of marble fell off the adjoining Doges Palace and struck a German tourist in the leg The restoration cost 37 million and included a cleaning and scrubbing as well as the restoration of the limestone In the 1600s the Bridge of Sighs connected the Doges Palace to a prison According to folklore when prisoners crossed...

Nite Ize SLG0303 SpotLit Clipon LED Go Anywhere Light

Why does a LED clip on light make a great travel gift If you have to ask then you have never been wandering around in the dark dragging your suitcase behind you while you look for your hotel What I like about the Nite Ize Spotlit light is that it is small I am all about packing light and this takes up virtually no space in your suitcase it is easy to turn on and off it clips on to almost anything and it is bright very bright You can use this light...

Eagle Creek Travel Gear Dual Wattage International Converter Set

Do you know someone who is taking their first trip abroad next year Chances are they dont have a set of converter plugs and they will need a set I have loaned out my set so often that I now buy them as gifts They may not be a pretty gift or a fancy gift but sometimes practical wins out These are a great gift for someone who travels Think of all the electronics we now take with us when we travel cameras phones kindles etc Well they all need to be...

Cooking with Italian Grandmothers Recipes and Stories from Tuscany to Sicily

Who knows more about cooking than grandmothers Or so I have heard my grandmother was not much of a cook She could make a mean Manhattan clam chowder but that was about it Of course she was not an Italian grandmother so that may have had something to do with it Author Jessica Theroux is a chef who apprenticed to grandmothers all over Italy from Tuscany to Sicily This book is a collection of their stories and recipes Through the use of photographs...

December,2011