Unmasking Venice: a traveler’s guide to the carnival

*ring ring*, it was Stefania. My friend who’d I’d met in my travels through Cyprus last year. One of the few where we had actually managed to stay in touch and had promised to see each other again in a different country, under a different sky. Excitedly she said ‘sooooo, Venice carnival? Are you in?’ …

Bites of Venice: A taste of Tradition

*grumble*grumble* Did you hear that? Was that my stomach?  For me, italian food comes to one of the best and most diverse types of food of Europe. With spicey, meaty, and deep flavours is it a surprise my stomach is rumbling?  Despite italy being so well known for all of its culinary delicacies, I often…

A Wisp of Venice

It’s been 2 months since Vinny and I have started working, and it has not been easy! I think it can officially be said that being an adult is hard work! So it was fair to say that we were ready to pack our bags and set off to our next destination, and Venice was…