It's been awhile since I visited somewhere really high on my bucket list. For so long, my top three had remained intact: Tanzania, Puglia and Oman. And Puglia was a place I could have traveled to a number of times, but I kept passing it up for more popular destinations in Italy - Rome, Florence, Cinque Terre and Venice. I was beyond excited to finally experience the heel of the Italian boot, t...

I'd visited Italy a couple of times over the years, but never seemed to make my way to Rome. It was one of those places so many people seemed to either love or hate (never a good sign), and I didn't want to waste precious travel time in a place that might underwhelm me. As I made summer plans to visit Morocco, I decided this was my chance to give Rome a try. A three-day stop seemed like en...