Stitch Goes to the Zoo: 5 Days in Rome - Part 3

by Tasha in Europe, Italy

This is Stitch.

Everybody, Stitch. Stitch, everybody.

Stitch is Alex's answer to me constantly asking for a puppy.

Stitch isn't a puppy. He may have been a collie before he got run over. But he was an orphan and we adopted him, and now he's part of our family.

We took our new little ohana to the most family-friendly place in Rome we could think of... the Zoo. Or in Italy - il Bioparco di Roma.

Levelling Up Italian and Dissing Ancient Heroes: 5 Days in Rome - Part 2

by Alex in Europe, Italy

While we've been in Rome, I like to think that I've been steadily leveling up my Italian speaking skills. When we touched down in Ciampino airport a few days ago, my Italian skills were basically non-existent - I have properly studied Italian in the past, but not since, well, kindergarten. Needless to say, in the intervening 19 years, I've gotten a little bit rusty.

When is a Fountain not a Fountain? 5 Days in Rome - Part 1

by Alex in Europe, Italy

If there's one thing about us humans I will always find fascinating, it's our ability to justify the most bizarre things we do. Case in point, on our first full day in Rome, Tash and I watched at least a hundred people, if not more, line up to throw coins into a fountain that wasn't there.

We started the day with a map marked with every site we wanted to see, and we set out on part one of our self-guided Roman Holiday walking tour - retracing the steps of Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck in one of Tash's favourite movies - which, I admit, I only watched for the first time 2 nights before.

Selfie at the Colosseum - taken by hand, with scaffolding in the background. Both of those will make sense in a moment.