We have just come back from our long-awaited-epic trip to Italy! In the short 5 days we managed to find spare in our calendar we have visited… *Drum-roll*

Rome, Pozzuoli, Napoli, Sorrento, Benevento, Faicchio, Sperlonga, Anzio, Latina, and Lazio!

This is the next square after the Trevi Fountain. Yes, we threw our coins and made our wishes 🙂

Few things we’ve found out during our stay in Italy:

• McDonalds does not exist, only signs. We think its an inside joke.
• The best water is free from the street fountains
• Convenience stores are few and far between, if any at all
• Milk in Coffee, EH? I don’t think so mate! (This has resulted in us not wanting milk in our coffee anymore, so much better!)
• The only thing that separates police from us is their uniform. They do not care.
• Speed limits are unknown
• Pizzas are square!
• Autogrill… Service station food… There are no words aside from perfection.
• Naples smells so bad… We found out it’s because of gases from surrounding volcanos!
• For every 1 car, there are 100 scooters (and yes, Laimonas now wants one)
• Nobody speaks English, nobody!
• Italian music is the happiest and best, but only in Italy. Bring it over here and you’re considered camp. Here is our favourite:

* WARNING* This song can only be truly enjoyed if you meet the following criteria: you are driving through the mountains in Sorrento, on a hot summer’s day, with windows rolled down.

Driving in Italy is both exciting and terrifying. There are practically no rules and everybody is in it for themselves, and we believe that cars come without indicators as standard. Also, zebra crossings mean nothing, it’s merely decoration for the roads.

Ta-daaaaaaaa! That’s us! Behind is our lovely Fiat 500 and the road towards Faicchio, Julietta’s Dad’s home town.


The next 14 photo are of my Dad’s village of Faicchio. It was my first time visiting this place. It is as magical as my Dad descirbed it to me over the years. The most beautiful place I have ever seen with my own eyes! He lived at the bottom of a mountain, nobody speaks english because it’s such a small town. My family live there, but we were only there for a couple of hours which happen to fall in the siesta (for those who don’t know what this is, it’s the hottest time of the day where everyone stops working and takes a break for 2-4 hours around 2pm).








This little 12 year old boy is called Armin and this is one of his dogs, Vinchenza. He was such a sweet boy who tried to help us look for my family. The only english he knew was ‘dog’ ‘twenty’ ‘three’ ‘four’ and ‘iPad’. We are definitely going back there to see him again and my family.

Castello Ducale in the Piazza. Breath taking.






This was when we visited Lago Di Albano on our last day.


This enormous lake has been made from a volcanic crater. A picture doesn’t quite do it justice. When we stood and looked out to this beauty, we had nothing to say but we felt exactly the same way.

Sorrento, we dipped into these clear waters. But it’s no casual stroll down to the beach. We trekked downhill for a good 20 minutes before these, what felt like hidden treasures, were revealed. IT didn’t stop there, we had to climb these rocks to find a good spot to enjoy. It’s so wonderfully made, that you can always find your own little private corner of the beach with your own little pool that opens up into the ocean. This was definitely our favourite time together.