15 Things I Wish I Knew About Italy Before Arriving
We spent three weeks in Italy enjoying some of the country’s offbeat sights. Here’s some things we learned along the way to help you enjoy your trip. Italian buses are weird. By Steve Morgan – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0 Bologna has excellent bus...
The 10 creepiest places in Europe
Here at One Weird Globe, I’m not a fan of fake scary stuff. Not when there’s so much real scary stuff to make you need new pants. During our epic trip to Europe earlier this year, we made it a point to find the unusual, the bizarre, and maybe even a little...
Guest post: Ostia – the ancient Roman port city that’s better preserved than Pompeii
This is another guest post by my awesome wife, who took in a lesser-traveled slice of Rome during our three-month trip across Europe. Warning: this post is pretty long! There are a lot of destinations featured here on One Weird Globe. With most of the more...
Destination: Basilica di Santa Croce – Home of Dante’s Empty Tomb
During our epic three-month Europe trip, Laura and I took a few days to explore places separately. Enjoy this look at Basilica di Santa Croce, the site of Dante’s empty tomb. The Basilica di Santa Croce, or Basilica of the Holy Cross, is the biggest Franciscan...
Finding a hotel on Flipkey
During our trip through Europe, one of the sites I kept an eye on was Flipkey. Since the name was unfamiliar before hearing about them at TBEX, let’s introduce them as TripAdvisor’s answer to AirBnB. They’re a great place to rent an apartment from a...
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