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Our last day in Italy was spent in Milan. After walking up the numerous stairs, I stepped into the sunlight and saw for the first time the skyline of Milan in the background of the hundreds of spires of the Duomo. White marble...
If you don't ask, you won't receive. And also, the worst they can say is no, then insult your intelligence. Maybe. Bologna was a city where if you asked, even in your head, you seemed to receive. Time was running out and we had...
Although the air was chill and the lights were flickering, the thick stone walls shielded us from the whipping winds and sheets of rain as they have been for millennia. Not only was wall shielding us from elements, their stony presence protected us as...
As I take my 4,000th picture of my fellow travelers in Venice, I watch the exasperation melt away from their faces and transform into a smiles that suit their wonder at their surroundings; faces that complement the cold, old, and unforgiving marble bridges...
"Can you tell me the difference between a harpsichord and a piano?" I hear a tour guide ask her group. No one knew the answer but I could feel the Hermione and blurt the answer. Instead, I transported myself back 12 years into...
[video width="1280" height="720" mp4="https://vaviatours.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/moviemakeronline.com_.48d46105-4f98-4eaf-89a5-ff0f156debf1.mp4"][/video] Tired and hungry as we were, we made it to Rome. After roughly 24 hours of traveling, several flights of stairs, and empty stomachs, we were marching through the streets with a sense of wonder and awe at the ancient...