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The beachlife in Fiumicino
Besides the most amazing sunsets I have ever seen in my entire life, as I have shown you in a previous blogpost, Fiumicino also offers some of the best beachlife I have lived. There are many different places to stay around the beach area, some more fancy hotels and some AirBNBs that are more on the simple side. We stayed at a small hotel that was close to the beach and that offered breakfast, which is always nice. But where ever you choose to stay, I’m sure that will be fine. The beaches are why you have to come to Fiumicino. Not the hotels. Naturally, there are sunbeds and umbrellas…
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Would I recommend you to visit Thessaloniki?
So what’s my first impression of the city?Well, it’s a Greek city that’s not to be compared to either Athens or any of the other smaller cities that we have visited. And to be fair, we didn’t really have the time to see all of the city or experience all that was offered. But would I go back… maybe not. Even though we did have a great weekend, I would rather keep exploring other Greek cities and islands than go back to Thessaloniki. But with that in mind, I would recommend that you visit Thessaloniki, it is a great city! Let me try and explain the feeling… we are not…
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A weekend in Thessaloniki
Oh yes, we went to Thessaloniki in Greece over the Easter weekend. Yeah I know, I forgot to tell you, sorry about that! I have actually been to Thessaloniki once before, but that was a long time ago. My mother and I traveled for two weeks and let’s just say we had a bit of a delay as we were going back home to Sweden again so we had a layover in Thessaloniki. We didn’t really see much of the city though, we were pretty much cooped up in a hotel lobby the entire time, just waiting for an airplane to arrive. Yeah, it was that kind of trip where…
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Restaurants, bars and pubs in Gdansk
A lot of you have been asking for recommendations for restaurants, pubs, and bars in Gdansk so I thought I would try to put all of our favorites down in one place. Keep in mind that we were only in Gdansk for a long weekend so we did not really have all the time in the world to visit a great number of restaurants. We tried a lot of different types of food when we visited Gdansk, so it all depends on what you are craving at the moment but if you are anything like me and want to try all of it… here we go: If you are looking…
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The magical sunsets in Fiumicino
Lastly on our Italian summer vacation, after vising Bologna, Florence, and Rome, we ended up spending a few days on the amazing beaches in Fiumicino. I know that I have told you time and time again how hot it was during the summer of 2022, but getting some time to just cool off in the waters and hanging around in a sunbed after days and days of walking around in cities was just what we needed. I promise that I will come back to Fiumicino in another post, where I will tell you more about the city itself, cuz this one will only be focused on one thing… and one…
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We are back in Bologna
Oh yes, we went back for seconds! Ann & Jacob vs Bologna 2.0! We visted Bologna about 6 months ago, during the crazy heatwave of July 2022. And even though it was superhot we simply loved the city, but we only stayed a few days before we headed of to explore another Italian city. So that’s kind of why we are back, we weren’t quite done… and if I am to be completly honest – Bologna was kind of just a steppingstone for us, and even though we stayed one more night than we initially had planned for, we kind of always had one foot out the door. So, hence…
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What differs between a trattoria, osteria, ristorante and enoteca?
I can’t be the only one that got quite confused with the different ways that Italians name the foodie meetups. But lately we have been in Italy quite a few times, so let’s try and break them down in a way that we can all understand it a bit better … here we go! Trattoria: You can expect regional cuisine at a trattoria, quite inexpensive but with a larger menu than the Osteria. Traditionally the Trattorias were family-owned, like rustic neighborhood restaurants. Osteria: Supercheap, kind of like the hostel version of a restaurant with communal-style tables. Originally you brought your own food to an Osteria and only bought your drinks,…
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First impression of Warsaw
My first impression of Warsaw as we visited in late February of 2022 was “Wow, what?!” The city is enormous, so much bigger than I had initially thought. After visiting Krakow in late autumn of 2021, I kind of thought that Warsaw would have the same vibe and size. Whatever gave me that idea?! Anyways, Warsaw is really nothing like Krakow. Warsaw is a big city with skyscrapers and high-rise buildings all over the place, not a surprise really if you think of the fact that Warsaw is the capital of Poland with 1,7 million people living in the city center and 3,2 million living in the surrounding areas. That’s…
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Walk with me in Rijeka
The first morning in Rijeka started with a walkabout that gave me blisters that lasted the entire trip, but that’s not at all to blame on the city, I just wanted to wear my new shoes that made my feet look pretty. Such a girl for choosing those shoes, right? I don’t usually wear shoes like that on a trip, and never ever new shoes, but that gave us a reason to stop a lot, to sit down for a coffee, have lunch, get some mojitos, and last but not least – some wine to keep us company as we watched the sunset. The city center is not that big,…
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Revisiting Rome – 9 years later
So our next stop on our summer in Italy was Rome, and yes we have already visited Rome once before. Nine years ago. NINE! I have always wanted to see new places, but one thing that I do love about revisiting a city that you have already been to is that you don’t have to check off items from your bucketlist. We had already seen all of the places we wanted to in Rome, we visited Vatican city, been to St Peter’s dome, saw the iconic Fontana di Trevi, and saw Ill Vittorio during sunset. All we had to do this time in Rome, was enjoy the city. One thing…
