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“And then there is the most dangerous risk of all — the risk of spending your life not doing what you want on the bet you can buy yourself the freedom to do it later.”

Randy Komisar

Breathe Deeply

Coming upon my 50th year of life, I breathe deeply to remember my love and fascination with Italy, home of the Eternal City, the birth of the Renaissance, epicenter of fashion and sports cars, inventors of epicurean delights, and home to a people known for their passion, opinions, and joy of living.

So when we decided to jump on some incredible tickets to Milan ($470 rt!) from the far Northwestern corner of the Pacific Northwest in the United States, we knew that we were beginning to embark on one of those chance of a lifetime trips.

A Visual Diary to Last

This site is a visual diary of our trip, with helpful topics, links and commentary. We chose to put all of our hospitality hopes into Airbnb for this opportunity to experience Italy. It was a significant decision – we could have “split the risk” and stayed at well-known hotels, well documented corporate sanitized affairs. But we believed in the mission of Airbnb:

And within this documentation of our journey, I also wanted to share some of my favorite tips, trick, and deals along with some of the essential gear that made all the difference on our trip to Italy.

We hope that you enjoy the stories and links within.

Goditi il viaggio,

Brett & Linna