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As first timers traveling with a tour group, my new fianc\u00e9 and I did not know what to expect.\u00a0 We’ve always heard that most tour groups give you second hand accommodations and there is no time for yourself, other than the allotted time the tour has given you.\u00a0 As we looked around for various tour agencies, Trafalgar really caught our eye with its itinerary and options within it.<\/p>\n

Trafalgar’s Best of Italy itinerary was comprehensive and really focused on the individual’s choice.\u00a0 The wonders of being able to stay for two days in each main city: Rome, Sorrento, one day in Assisi, Venice, Lake Maggiore (Baveno), and Florence couldn’t be more perfect.\u00a0 In addition to staying within those cities, the ability to see the various sites within close proximity, including The Vatican, Capri, St.Francis’ Basilica, Murano Island, Lake Como, Lugano, Siena, etc. made the itinerary more wondrous.\u00a0 Some of these sites were optional excursions, but that was money well spent with no regrets.<\/p>\n

Being from the North Shore of Boston, there are many ‘Little Italy’ communities around us.\u00a0 I’ve met many families who are first or second generation Italians. This gave me a sense that I knew what to expect while experiencing the country of Italy\u2026 boy, was I wrong.<\/p>\n

The most memorable experiences we had while in Italy included great food and great wine.<\/p>\n

My fianc\u00e9 and I usually eat out at restaurants once or twice a week, in and around Boston.\u00a0 We typically look for Italian restaurants with a good wine list. ‘Italian’ foods in the States have copious amounts of sauces and herbs.\u00a0 When we would find the rare Italian restaurants that claimed ‘real’, Neapolitan or Venetian cooking, we never quite understood the difference. We’ve always thought Italian was Italian. To really understand this concept is to visit Italy. On the Best of Italy tour, we had the chance to experience the difference between the Roman, Neapolitan, Venetian, Florentine, and Tuscan styles of cooking.\u00a0 And we discovered that the major difference between ‘real’ Italian cooking vs. Americanized Italian cooking is that less is more.<\/p>\n

\"Delicious<\/a>
Delicious Risotto di mare (seafood risotto)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The main concept I brought home, because I love cooking, is that you should be able to taste what you are eating.\u00a0 If you are going to eat salmon, you should be able to taste the salmon.\u00a0 Overpowering food with garlic is a sin. A good cook, in Italy, should let you taste each ingredient without one or the other fighting for your attention.\u00a0 Each region differs on what is locally available to them as far as ingredients, from the spices and herbs, to what you are about to eat.\u00a0 For example; the main fish you will eat in northern Italy is a white fish called plaice.\u00a0 Florence specializes in their Florentine steaks and the north love their risottos.\u00a0 I tend to love the Southern Italian style of cooking with their various amounts of available fish and endless amounts of pastas.<\/p>\n

I know what you are about to say, what about the drinks?\u00a0 I don’t know what else to say about Italy and their wine.\u00a0 You can buy wine, red or white, at gas stations or the food stands; literally everywhere and the wine will be good. \u00a0As the saying goes, in Italy, ‘wine is cheaper than water’.\u00a0 I love their half bottles that you can buy for between one and three euros.\u00a0 Eating a nice lunch with a half bottle is a good break from life.\u00a0 On the subject of drinking, drunk and belligerent behavior is abhorred in Italy.\u00a0 I will never understand the concept of drinking to get drunk, but I digress.<\/p>\n

The aperitif of choice in Southern Italy is usually limoncello, why?\u00a0 If you take this trip, you will find many olive farms and lemon farms around the Amalfi coast.\u00a0 The Be My Guest<\/a> dinner in Sorrento, at a lemon farmer’s home, was an incredible experience.\u00a0 Home cooking with homemade wine and limoncello, AMAZING!\u00a0 Northern Italy aperitifs were usually prosecco with Campari or aperol.\u00a0 The Tuscan Be My Guest Dinner, 30 minutes outside of Florence, also amazing, had a blue prosecco aperitif.<\/p>\n

\"Appetizers<\/a>
Appetizers at our Be My Guest in Tuscany<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If you end up around San Gimignano, try their Vernaccia wine.\u00a0 There are many types of Vernaccia, but Vernaccia Di San Gimignano is in a league of its own. I am usually a red wine drinker, mainly because it’s really hard to mess up red wine!\u00a0 I’ve tried many new whites with different names, but I usually can find a similar taste comparable to the better known ones like Pinot Grigio, Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, and Riesling.\u00a0 With Vernaccia Di San Gimignano, it was a taste of its own; a rare occasion.<\/p>\n

Talking about Italy, especially your experiences, is quite difficult.\u00a0 I could have talked about the romance of Italy, since I did propose to my fianc\u00e9 in Verona, under Juliet’s Balcony.\u00a0 I could have talked about the arts and the magnificent architecture of Rome, Florence, Venice, Pompeii, and the Borromeo castle on Isola Bella.\u00a0 But to understand Italy is to taste Italy.\u00a0 Learning from our Travel Director that Italy wasn’t a unified country until the 19th<\/sup> Century made sense from the preparation of the dishes.\u00a0 From the different cities you will visit as well as the southern vs. northern areas of Italy, to the small hill towns of Tuscany; to experience Italy is through a nice bottle of wine, and a plate of good, local food knowing that you are surrounded by history.<\/p>\n

Best of Italy indeed.<\/p>\n

John Simbajon, Boston, USA<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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