Exploring the Places No One is Talking About
On my first or second morning in Florence my home-stay roommate and I climbed the Bell Tower next to Florence Cathedral (Duomo). The 414 steep steps tried to kill me. The view is worth it at the top. The structure is beautiful, white, red, and green marble. Building began in 1334 and was completed in
I can’t do much for others with the current pandemic but I can write and I hope that my words can bring some measure of comfort. On that note, I’ve actually written a short blog post for the outdoor gear company Hiker Hunger to help get us through these turbulent times. If you are curious
We all have a lot of down time at the moment and I have decided to be creative with mine. I am working on creating an easy to use list of hiking trails. Not just trails that the guide books say are good but the ones that the local think are good. This list will
When I was studying aboard my friends and I visited Pisa on one of the few free weekends we had. Most weekends had trips scheduled like to Siena. My visit did not do justice to the city. The day was really hot and I did not drink enough water. I’m pretty sure I ended up
Since none of us can travel at the moment I am going to go back a few years and discuss my study abroad trip to Italy that I took to Florence and some of the other Italian cities. I have discussed most of this trip before and you can see the links to those posts
After visiting the Grapevine Museum we headed across the road to visit the Grapevine Vintage Railroad. From here you can take a train to the Fort Worth Stockyards. At Christmas time the Vintage Railroad turns into the Polar Express! If you like trains check out these other train related posts! Colorado Galveston Frisco I hope
After our camping trip and a bit more hiking around Eisenhower State Park we were starving and decide to grab some lunch but we had Bear with us and didn’t know any place that was dog friendly. A quick internet search and I found Cellarman’s Pub and Brewery. Smoking is allowed on the patio, but
Like I said in my original post about Eisenhower State Park, we didn’t get to do nearly as much hiking as we would have liked due to the trails being super muddy but we did get a bit in and the trails over looking the lake are gorgeous! The non-muddy portions of the trail were
For Christmas Keltin and I purchased ourselves a new tent but we didn’t want to wait until spring to test it out so we decided to plan a winter camping trip to Eisenhower State Park on Lake Texoma. We decided on this state park in part due to the reviews in Best Tent Camping and
Last weekend Keltin and I stopped by the Grapevine Settlement to City Museum and were greeted by two wonderful ladies. The museum consists of four main buildings and is free to visit! The main portion of the museum is inside a replica ice house. This portion of the museum is full of cultural artifacts like
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