Kimberly's Italy Kimberly Holcombe

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We moved beyond our one bad day in Venice (due to the hordes of tourists) and reveled in the one-of-a-kind beauty and magic that sets Venice apart from basically any other city on the globe. 
We describe what was probably our best meal of the trip and its beautiful presentation, and we confess to our new found love of white wine from the Veneto / Friuli regions. We also share very helpful Travel Tips on how to purchase Vaporetto (boat) tickets on line and convert them to the paper ticket you need to board the boat (long story) and how to shop like a local in a grocery store without being called out as a tourist!
We also enjoyed a rainy-day boat ride to the island of Burano and we can attest to the fact the colorful houses are still bright and cheery even in foggy weather. We leave you hanging as we walk into the iconic restaurant on the island where we had a long and lingering lunch with locals.
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After 6 days in Venezia, we thought we would share with you how to take in the full beauty and magic of this dramatic city despite the crowds, and it’s not even full tourist season yet! 
Getting away from the masses around Piazza San Marco allowed us to see the real Venezia. Everything we took in visually, as we roamed through the web of canals and sidewalks (primarily by ourselves), granted us the time to think about the city’s ingenuity and resilience – not the Instagram influencers we left behind!
This strategy involves a lot of walking, yet that’s a good thing since you can enjoy a gondola ride on a quiet canal and have your choice of local osterias, not to mention the “tranquilita”!
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Everyone as heard of Lake Como, but it’s bigger cousin to the east is a beauty and should probably be added to your list of dream vacations in bel’italia. We will dedicate a few episodes to Garda when we get back to our recording studio, but we share enough here to give you a glimpse into this sweet place.
We drove the entire perimeter of the lake and can assure you it’s worth renting a car so can see and experience all that we did. They have public boats as well so you can stop in most villages but it’s a large lake so you will spend more time on the boats, which is obviously not a hardship!
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We recorded this episode upon our arrival in Lake Garda after a busy week of planes, trains and automobiles….well, to be honest we took a metro instead of a train! We share a few travel tips on Apple Air Tags, what to do with a long layover in a different city and how to make sure a specific Airbnb is right for you.
We flew from Palma, Mallorca to Milano, picked up a rental car with 5 minutes to spare before they closed for the evening, got onto the highway in the pouring rain and within 20 minutes were in the best AutoGrill (highway rest stop) and took advantage of their 50% off sale on wine!  
Another travel tip might be to suggest to not arrive in Italy the night before Easter, since just about everything is closed for both Sunday and Monday, which I now know is called Pasqueta, meaning little Easter.
Link to my Apple Air Tag Page on our website!
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