Following my Travels

My travels through Italy lasted three weeks, where we enjoyed staying out of the big cities and exploring the Tuscan and Lombardian regions of Italy.

Legion of the Accommodation where we stayed.

This a map of our travels, we stayed a minimum of 3 nights at our accommodation so we could get a feel for the area. We drove a maximum of 2 1/2 hours by car to get to our next destination, so we could take our time, stop if we wanted too and arrived in time for check-in.

This trip allowed us to experience the best of the areas in the time we had. With so many picturesque and wonderful regions in Italy, we decided to explore Elba's beautiful seascape, the rolling hills of Tuscany and the lovely lake districts of Lombardia.

I would recommend a trip driving through Italy; you do get a feel for the way the locals drive and start to understand what to do, once you do it's easier than you think. The roads are well signed and GPS works well unless you get one like ours that had no idea how many exits there were in a roundabout! A few u-turns and you're easily back on track.

It would be hard to try to choose which area I liked the most as they all were so different and had great qualities; I loved the views of Lake Como but my taste buds were in heaven in the Chianti region. Looking forward to going back and exploring more of this beautiful country, sometime soon.

The next part of this trip took us to the Baltic sea where we jumped on a plane from Milan and got ready to boarded a cruise ship at Copenhagen to explore Northern Europe and Scandinavia.