Italy travel and experience, go someday and experience it!

CaptDru said:

My wife and I went in 2021 when it opened after covid. We really enjoyed our trip. We went to Rome and Florence. I would have to say, I enjoyed Florence over Rome. We did most of the main attractions. But for me the food stole the show. Everywhere we ate at was delicious. By far some of the best food I have ever had. We even ate at one of the best steakhouse's in the world. We finished our trip with a pizza making class in Florence. That was really fun. I would definitely go again, but would do the smaller towns on the next trip.View attachment 608432View attachment 608433View attachment 608434View attachment 608435View attachment 608436

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CaptDru said:

My wife and I went in 2021 when it opened after covid. We really enjoyed our trip. We went to Rome and Florence. I would have to say, I enjoyed Florence over Rome. We did most of the main attractions. But for me the food stole the show. Everywhere we ate at was delicious. By far some of the best food I have ever had. We even ate at one of the best steakhouse's in the world. We finished our trip with a pizza making class in Florence. That was really fun. I would definitely go again, but would do the smaller towns on the next trip.View attachment 608432View attachment 608433View attachment 608434View attachment 608435View attachment 608436

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JAYgs8163 said:

Hi all,


Just back from a trip to Italy where we visited Rome for 3 days, Tuscany countryside for 4 and Florence for 3 more days. I must say it's a beautiful country from the small part I saw. We started in Rome and saw all the sights worthy to us to see but Rome is a big city and very dirty, not our cup of tea. Florence is another large city but much cleaner and easier to walk we found. In Florence your in a large valley with beautiful countryside surroundings and a lot of History worth seeing and the ancient art work and sculptures were amazing. We really enjoyed Florence but again it's a city.

To break up the visits to the city we spent some time about 30 miles outside of Florence in the Tuscany country in a little village called "Montefioralle". We took the bullet train from Rome to Florence. $55 for both of us which was very good IMO. This is very old small medieval village/castle that was run down and then rehabilitated by the local residents of Greve and other surrounding areas. It's amazing and the country is amazing. Wild boar and Red deer abound. This was the highlight of the trip for us. We rented a small car at the train station in Florence and drive all over the area, ate great food, drank great wine, met fantastic locals. We rented the car and got right of Florence as you don't want to try and drive around the city of Florence. I must say the people we met in this area were very welcoming and appreciative of USA residents. So in our journey to the Tuscany area of Montefioralle we stopped at the Florence American Cemetery and Memorial and this place was just, well, ….. made me so proud to be an AMERICAN and brought me to tears. The sacrifices our Veteran grand parents and great grandparents made back during WWII is all on display here and memorialized. I believe there are 4 sets of brothers buried here. I was so overwhelmed we ended up sitting and walking the grounds for a good 2 hours. This land and place was donated by the Italians some time ago and there is also one down by Rome. If you go to Italy ever and are in the area DON'T miss it, you'll regret it if you do. Here's some pics to enjoy…. I know this isn't about hunting or shooting but just thought you'd enjoy my short story and experience.

Best, Joe Stumpf
Tucson, Arizona

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