Italy Archive

  • Tonight we decided to focus on planing for Venezia and we booked our hotel (the name of which we will keep off of the Internets until after our stay). My wife did all of her TripAdvisor stuff and we've discovered Venere.comas a pretty good hotel research site. The one thing that reading hotel reviews has taught us is that the infamous canal odor is pretty unpredictable and it seems like crossing your fingers is about all you can do.

    Planning for Venice

    Posted on January 15, 2010 | No Comments
    Tonight we decided to focus on planing for Venezia and we booked our hotel (the name of which we will keep off of the Internets until after our stay). My wife did all of her TripAdvisor stuff and we've discovered Venere.comas a pretty good hotel research site. The one thing that reading hotel reviews has taught us is that the infamous canal odor is pretty unpredictable and it seems like crossing your fingers is about all you can do.

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  • Having a cel phone while on the other side of the world is important when you are travelling. Unfortunately, Canadian wireless providers are not keeping up with the rest of the world when it comes to cel phone rates. The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development found that Canada has the third-highest wireless rates among developed countries. Rogers Wireless currently charges $2 per minute for voice roaming and $0.75 per text in Italy. If two of us call each other while in Italy that doubles, plus 2x long distance. This makes finding and using pre-paid SIM cards a necessity.

    Italy Prepaid SIM Card Basics and Codice Fiscale

    Posted on January 13, 2010 | 1 Comment
    Having a cel phone while on the other side of the world is important when you are travelling. Unfortunately, Canadian wireless providers are not keeping up with the rest of the world when it comes to cel phone rates. The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development found that Canada has the third-highest wireless rates among developed countries. Rogers Wireless currently charges $2 per minute for voice roaming and $0.75 per text in Italy. If two of us call each other while in Italy that doubles, plus 2x long distance. This makes finding and using pre-paid SIM cards a necessity.

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  • The very first Google search I used to plan my upcoming trip was

    Italy Travel Blog Research

    Posted on January 13, 2010 | 1 Comment
    The very first Google search I used to plan my upcoming trip was "italy travel blogs". The top two results were www.travelblog.org and www.travelpod.com.

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  • For our 10th wedding anniversary we're planning a 2 week trip to northern Italy without our kids. We had kids when we were pretty young so we had to watch enviously while our friends backpacked across Europe and went on African safaris. "Don't worr y, we'll travel when the kids are older and we have enough money enjoy ourselves", we dreamed. To all our friends who are just embarking on their diaper days I stick my tongue out in your direction.

    Planning a Trip to Northern Italy

    Posted on January 11, 2010 | 1 Comment
    For our 10th wedding anniversary we're planning a 2 week trip to northern Italy without our kids. We had kids when we were pretty young so we had to watch enviously while our friends backpacked across Europe and went on African safaris. "Don't worr y, we'll travel when the kids are older and we have enough money enjoy ourselves", we dreamed. To all our friends who are just embarking on their diaper days I stick my tongue out in your direction.

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