Last week, JC and I spent the day wandering around Lugano, but left feeling like there was still so much to see. So, today we decided to hop back on the train a...
A few days ago, Patrick, the owner of Hotel Morgana where we are staying, recommended we check out Grutli Pizzeria. Last night, we decided to take his advice an...
Sometimes it's the little things about somewhere new that make you smile. Like walking by this quaint movie theater in Mendrisio and seeing a poster for Tartaru...
Today, we rode the train about 20 minutes north to Lugano, Switzerland. Lugano is one of Switzerland's most populated cities and also home to the largest Italia...
The Sagra dell Uva, or Festival of the Grape, is an annual festival that takes place in Mendrisio at the end of September, which lucky for us happens to be this...
The sun is shining, weather is great, yeah... makes me want to move my dancing feet (Bob Marley). For the first time since checking into Hotel Morgana, I feel g...
I'm still not %100, but I think I'm on the tail end of whatever cold I've been fighting for the last couple of days. I stayed in the room this morning, enjoying...
The move to Hotel Morgana this afternoon was relatively painless, despite still being sick. Even with all of our luggage, we could have walked, but given my flu...
Exploring the northwestern region of Italy and calling Grand Hotel Billia home for the past six days has been an incredible opportunity. There is so much to see...
Twenty eight. That's how many dishes I sampled during my stay at Grand Hotel Billia. And that's not even including breakfast, which consisted of a buffet fit fo...
In 2003, I traveled to Northern India, where I somehow gathered the courage to jump off a nearly nine thousand foot mountain, relying solely on a parachute to b...
Grand Hotel Billia is, without a doubt, one of the nicest properties that I've stayed at during my (many) years of travel. There are several hotels that have wo...
