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Episode 3:Day 2 In Love with Rome! Ask any ardent traveller, and they will tell you that you have only seen a place well if you have mingled with the locals and fellow travellers, tried to emulate the way they travel and/or eat. Most often than not they stay over in a new location for prolonged periods of times only for this experience. Well, I for one had a job waiting back at home 2000 miles away where I had to show my face in a few weeks. So my partner and I,  had to explore the beautiful country and feel it up, be the tourist and the traveler all at once. And when I look back I can gladly say that our Italian sojourn was nothing less of a lovely adventure!  Our trip to Naples and Pompei on Day 1 was fascinating. The kind of places we saw and the food we ate blew up our minds! To read about our time in Southern Italy check the link  , and about our Pompei day trip you may find some interesting facts in this link .       Our time in ...

Episode 2: Roman Diaries: 9 Things You Must Eat in Italy! Italy – the name of this country is symbolic of culture, history and a world of food. Italian cuisine is probably one of the most talked about, and loved cuisines in the world. At least one Italian restaurant stands in every major city across the globe. Such is the adoration for this cuisine,  that sometimes it is connotative of only Pizza or Pasta broadly. But once we delve into their cuisine and travel the country, we get to experience their wide culinary range, and why Italians love their food so much! Here are 9 kinds of Food/ Beverage to try when travelling to Italy! Gelato :  A lso known as Ice cream in most parts of the world! But surely Gelatos of Italy are a class apart. We made it a point to try out various flavors, but I must say I loved the classic Chocolate the most. They had various options in chocolate,  fruits and even fruit sorbets,  each had their own unique flavor. Lemongrass f...

Roman Diaries Episode 1: Limoncello, Agamemnon and the Pompei Selfie When you travel 18 hours over 6500 kilometres and across 3 continents to Rome from Mumbai and are generally pretty jet lagged, you sleep well and get some rest. Well let’s just say if we had done that I wouldn't be writing this story.                                                           First aerial view before landing After landing at 2 pm and immediately putting in a 5+ km walk to Vatican and back we decided on a travel plan starting at the wee hours of the morning like all crazy travelers. Day started with getting up at 5:30 in the morning still half dead, scampering to the Termini and finding ourselves waiting in front of the closed doors of the empty train compartment with a couple of nuns and 3 giggly European girls for company. It was 6:27 am and the ...