Rome

15 Best Airbnbs in Rome That You’ll Want to Book Right Now

Travel

Since we haven’t been able to travel between regions in Italy for quite some time now, I have been spending a lot of time on Airbnb.com and other booking sites looking for a potential “staycation” spot — see my post on planning your ultimate staycation here! While I have done a staycation here and there over the past year, I have accumulated quite a few really intriguing places to stay in Rome that I just had to share with you!

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What’s on My Travel Bucket List?

Travel

We have all had plenty of time over the last year to daydream about what we are going to do when life goes back to normal. After moving to Italy a year and 5 months ago, I have longed to explore Europe and take advantage of my time here. Luckily, I was able to explore Italy and see so much of its beauty, but all of this time in and out of quarantine has lead to the creation of a long list that I have dreamt up over the past year!

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What it’s like to not be fluent in Italian while living in Italy

Story Time

Okay, I will be real with you all. I really thought that just simply living in another country would help me become fluent in another language naturally. While that may be true in some cases, when you work in English, live with English-speaking roommates, and spend an entire nationwide lockdown guarded against human interaction and then transition into a world where human interaction is minimal….well, you can connect the dots here, I am not fluent in Italian.

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What It Was Like Being Locked Down Overseas

Story Time

Experiencing the COVID-19 pandemic in a foreign country away from everything I’ve ever known has been an adventure, to say the least. I remember in February there was talk at the office that people would start to work from home, but it would probably be no more than a month because it “wasn’t that serious” — HA. I even remember people joking about it. Little did we know this was going to be a life-changing event that put a major halt in all of our lives.

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Best Ways to Get Around Rome

Travel

As someone who has lived in Rome for a year now, it was definitely trial and error when figuring out the best ways to explore the city, but I think I now have it figured out. I remember the very first day I was here, I hopped on a random city bus and sat by the window to see all of the sights and to get a feel of the city – I will never forget this moment for many reasons; 1. After we had gone through the entire city I had to figure out how to get back and I ended up getting on the wrong bus and going completely in the opposite direction all alone! 2. The roads in Italy are insane. I mean like hold-on-to-your-boobs-because-you-are-going-to-lose-one-of-them kind of crazy. So, while that was an interesting experience, let me tell you some of the better ways to get around so you don’t end up like me 😉

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What Living in Rome is Like

Travel

Living in Italy used to be scary and a bit of a culture shock, but once you know the Italian way, it becomes much less intimidating and a lot more fun! I have lived in Italy for a year now (I cannot believe it has been a year) and I have learned a lot about myself, life, and culture. I definitely don’t live exactly like an Italian, though: I work completely in English, I work with people from all over the world, and so far, I have lived in 3 different apartments…going on 4.

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DISH #1: Carbonara

Italian Recipes

As promised on my Insta-Stories, this is the first post in my Italian pasta step-by-step series!! If you try one of these recipes, post on your story and tag me (@chlo__e___) I want to see!! I am actually really excited about this because I hold food very close to my heart and it makes me even happier to be able to share this with someone! I don’t know about you guys, but I have been cooking a LOT more than usual in this quarantine and I am honestly running out of meal ideas so I hope this gives you some inspiration for a meal this week.

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How I Moved to Europe

Lifestyle

How were you able to move overseas? Weren’t you scared? What’s it like not knowing the language?

I get these questions a lot and there are a lot of different factors that led up to me making this move (or moves, shall I say).

For those of you who don’t know, I was fortunate enough to have been able to graduate college a semester early and move to Spain for a little over three and a half months to take an intensive Spanish course (thanks mom and

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