Author: hberbee

  • 4 Reasons I Am a Freaky Fangirl of Italy

    These have no particular order; my love for Italy cannot be prioritized. This is a love that has been ongoing since 1992 and still going strong. If anything, every time I am there, I find another reason why I love it or reconfirm a feeling. The Italian language is a musical one. I think it…

  • Venice

    Venice is a city I know well and still….it confuses me every time. I got to first know her while living in Padova and working as an au pair. A friend and I worked caring for the children of different siblings of the same family. Our families lived a couple miles apart, so it was…

  • Try the ‘Something Different’….

    It was, by far, singularly, THE best time I have ever had in Rome. One our recent trip to Rome over Thanksgiving, we splashed out a bit and tried a scooter tour. We went to areas of Rome to which I have never been. Michele, our guide, took us past his high school, the track…

  • Are You Afraid of the Different?

    Are You Afraid of the Different?

    For some, a trip of a lifetime will remain a dream for their entire life.  They may say that they don’t have the time to take such a trip or that they don’t have the money.  In reality, if you make a trip to Italy (or anywhere that you dream about visiting…) a priority, you…

  • Act in 2017: Travel to Italy

    Act in 2017: Travel to Italy

    Last week, I referenced a couple of reasons why people talk about a dream trip to Italy ‘someday’, but never make it happen.  Money is a huge reason, but it is often prioritizing where you put your money that is the real reason behind not doing a ‘someday’ goal.  Much like with time, how we…

  • Is This It?

    Is This It?

    Is this the year that you realize your dreams of going to Italy?  There are many roadblocks to making dreams a reality, often they are putting in our paths by ourselves.   Let’s investigate a couple big reasons people have for not making a dream trip a reality: Time, Money, Fear.  Today we will focus…