As we look ahead to our 40th week of this trip, I realize that WP will have eaten around 250-300 meals in restaurants by the time she is ...

After Morocco, the first day in Madrid was a dream. Madrid had everything we missed in Marrakech. To-go coffee. Languages comprehensible ...

Week two in Amsterdam, and we managed to start seeing some sights. We each went separately to the Van Gogh Museum (get timed entry ticket...

One of the greatest things about being in Italy is that it feels socially acceptable - even advisable - to eat pizza several times a week...

I have said I was ready to leave Rome, but as the date approached, I was filled with dread. We would have to pack and move all our stuff....

Our last week in Rome! We kicked off strong with our final set of visitors, Vanessa (a bff from high school) and Alisha (a bff from colle...

I will admit that I turned off my New York Times notifications on my phone. Part of our impetus for leaving the US was to leave the 24h n...

I feel like it’s important to share something about eating out in Rome because when I see mixed reviews about a restaurant I’m considerin...

This week we really started to hit our stride. I bought body wash instead of the cheap soap we’d picked up week one, and I got better con...

While San Francisco still doesn’t feel too far off, we’re getting into the swing of being in Rome. Jetlag is a thing of the past. We have...

We landed in Rome just over a week ago. It’s crazy how long you can take to get settled when you really are trying to get settled vs just...