13 Churches to Visit Before You Die
The recent fire at Notre Dame Cathedral got me thinking about how lucky I was to see such an incredible building ? and how lucky we all are that it's still standing. In honour of i ...
Categories: Canada, France, Italy, Manitoba, Mexico, Quebec, Regina, Saskatchewan, Travel Tips, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City
Eight Christmas Traditions From Around The World
Christmas is approaching, but not everybody celebrates it the same way. Over the years, people have made a wide variety of different Christmas traditions, involving prayer, food or ...
Categories: Austria, Dark Tourism, Europe, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Ukraine, United Kingdom
The Statues of Piazza della Signoria
I'll never forget the first book I read by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. This novel, Brimstone, focuses on several businessmen who supposedly sold their soul to the devil to g ...
Categories: Europe, History, Italy, Travel Tips
10 Things To Do in Venice
I don't often take blog requests, but a friend approached me recently and asked about Venice. He's traveling to Italy for a wedding this summer and is stopping in Venice for few da ...
Categories: Europe, Italy, Travel Tips
10 Things To See in Rome
Spanning a history of over two and a half thousand years, Rome is known as the birthplace of Western civilization. Rome is responsible for many things we have today, such as sanita ...
Categories: Europe, Italy, Travel Tips
My Travel Bucket List
We all have those magical vacation ideas. It may be vacationing on the beaches in Cuba, climbing the mountains to Machu Picchu or kayaking the Rhine, but we all have those places w ...
Categories: Dark Tourism, Europe, General, History, Italy, Poland, Ukraine
Lucerne
I am writing this from a jail-cell in Lucerne, Switzerland. But don't worry; I'm not in trouble or anything. Tonight we get to sleep in the Jailhotel. Jailhotel is a hotel that ...
Florence
As I get deeper and deeper into the history of Italy, not only do I learn about the evolution of the modern world, but also the cause-and-effects that allowed such advancements to ...
Rome
There is no simple way to describe Rome. Perhaps saying it's the world's greatest metropolitan museum is a start. Maybe calling it the City That Made History would be better or may ...