Amber Jones' Adventures (aka, The Reluctant Sailor)

After one last lingering view over the sunny olive groves of Umbria, I dug my down jacket and rain poncho out of the bottom of my suitca...

Who can stay stressed in a small town in Italy? There's nothing to do, nowhere to go. No clocks, no calendars. In Panicale, you can walk...

For those who just can't get enough armchair traveling. Morning in Florence. Crossing the famous Ponte Vecchio (bridge). What's it f...

It happened one night in Florence. No, I didn't meet any suave Italian studs at the top of the Duomo.  Though a nattily attired gent wit...