Way back in 2015, I wrote about this world-traveling family’s 20 Most Memorable Moments of 2014. But our journey had only just started — we continued hopping across the globe for a good portion of 2015. Here are the 35 things we experienced in 2015 that we regularly talk about.
› This summer we're packing up and hitting the road to experience that great tradition—the Epic American Road Trip. We'll be traveling the highways and byways of the United States, journeying through 17 states in three weeks. Join us, won't you?
After leaving England, we had a three-day layover in Iceland, a small island country the locals call a land of ice and fire. On our first day, we got the lay of the land in Reykjavik, along with a history lesson or two, and some delicious hot dogs.
Way back around the year 120, Roman Emperor Hadrian built a giant wall too keep the wildmen out of the northern border of the Roman Empire. Parts of that wall still stand today.
During our 333-day trip around the world, I filmed one second of video for each day we were traveling. Well, kind of. When it was all over, all that footage was turned into a six-minute video that nicely chronicles our journey. And you can see that video right here.
We spent a total of 12 days in Italy, mostly in the central part of the country. We started in Rome and visited a number of different towns, both large and small, before concluding the Italian portion of our trip in Torino, which we really enjoyed. Here's a few pictures from our Italian days.
Turin! Home of Fiat, vermouth, the Shroud of Turin, and the bicerin—the greatest drink ever.
We found a small restaurant called L' Accademia Panino that serves what we suspect just may be the largest club sandwiches in the world.
We were off on another day trip to another Italian city — Florence (called Firenze in Italy) — which is home to another UNESCO World Heritage Site. And, of course, Michelangelo's David.
We take a short drive to Pisa to visit the UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the Piazza del Duomo, Pisa.
We had to leave Le Marche and head across Italy to Lucca, but not before we stopped in to see the mummies of Urbania in the Church of Death.
On Thursday, 28 April, we picked up our car and drove from Rome to La Tavola Marche, a small country farmhouse in Italy's Le Marche region where we would spend a relaxing few days.
When one thinks of Rome, many things come to mind. But the Colosseum and the Roman Forum are very near the top of the list. We threw in the Pantheon, too, just for good measure.
The bicerin has been around since 1763 and it's just possibly the greatest drink ever invented.
I've always been a little afraid of making my own pasta. So when Walks of Italy offered me a chance to learn how to do just that from an Italian chef, I jumped at the opportunity.
