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All the Italian cities are unique

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Managed to go to quite a number of cities around Italy, and like one of the owner of the Bed and Breakfast we stayed in said "There are three Italy - the Northern Italy, the Southern Italy and the middle one". I fully agreed! All the cities that we went to were very different - it felt like we were in different countries! And most of the time, the traffic best described the mood of the city. Venice There are no roads! In a city where you take the gondola for leisure cruise along the canals, where the main public transportation is the vaporetto (water bus) and you need to take the traghetto to cross the "roads" (ie canals), you know you're in a one-of-a-kind city! Venice is like no other! This visually stunning advertisement captures it all... Bologna Bologna feels like a young, energetic and animated city. The food was amazing and the gelato was probably one of the best I have ever had! Rome (and the Vatican City) All roads lead to Rome - I would not b

Back from Italy

Can't believe it has been more than 2 months since I wrote a post on my blog! Promise I shan't be lazy and will write more often! Just got home from Italy and L-O-V-E every minute of it! Had lots of gelato, coffee, pasta, cheese and ham! Been to many churches, museums and galleries and saw countless of sculptures and paintings. All the cities and towns that we have been to are all unique in their own ways and the people were amazing, too! Will write all about my trip and won't leave my blog quiet for too long!