Since we've resigned to the fact that we always look like giant tourists no matter what we do, we decided to roll with it and sign up for an all-day tour of Tuscany. Fully tourist-equipped with dad's fanny pack and my zoom lens and map, we jumped on our giant tour bus to start our day. It was cloudy and rainy but Tuscany was still stunningly beautiful. All around are picture perfect villas on hilltops, vineyards, and old medieval forts and castles. We had an ad...

It was a rainy morning when we said goodbye to Switzerland and jumped on a high speed train to Milan, then to Florence. High speed is right... Most of the time we were going 190 mph! We got to Florence and walked to our hotel, grabbing our first slice of tasty Italian pizza along the way. Even my dad, mr. pizza himself, said it was delicious! We got settled then went out to explore. We only had the afternoon/evening and we were already hurting, so we took it ea...