As usual with these travel blogs, the actual traveling sometimes gets in the way of the important work of reporting to our loyal readers about what we are eating on our trip. So we may have to skip over a few things for now, and catch you up as we go forward with the last leg of our trip in Sicily. Read more

Hi everyone, Jim has consented to allow a guest post. So andiamo… xo, Cath. We began the day at Reggio Caserta, 40 minutes north of Naples, the largest royal palace in the world and a UNESCO World Heritage site. It was commissioned in 1752 by Charles III of the Bourbon family (famous for Read more

We departed Rome via an express train to Naples and arrived in a little over an hour. We were met by our driver, Andrea, who delivered us to our hotel, the Grand Albergo Vesuvius, which is indeed very grand. Enrico Caruso, the famous opera singer died here. The hotel is situated right on the Bay of Read more