Exploring the world one country at a time
Exploring the world one country at a time
What this Blog is About This blog describes our experience driving in Italy. We drove in Northern Italy in 2019 and again in 2021 and in Sardinia, Sicily and Southern Italy in 2022. Driving in Italy is like driving in the states where we drive on the right side of the road. However, there are …
Summary This blog hopefully gives some insight to someone who is debating whether to lease/rent a car or take public transportation during their explorations. There are advantages and disadvantages to both. Which one is better depends on the situation and what a person wants to get out of their adventure. This blog is based on …
Summary This blog describes our experience and how we end up using Google Maps and Maps.me for car navigation while driving in Austria, Italy and Spain in 2021. Navigation Options First time we drove in Europe was in 2019. Our leased car came with an in-dash global positioning system (GPS). It said so in the …
Summary This blog describes our experience driving in Austria in 2021. Driving in Austria is just like driving in the states where we drive on the right side of the road with speed limits. However there are a few differences that surprised us. Most notable is the abundance of speed cameras throughout the country. Second, …
Summary This blog describes our experience between leasing and renting a car while driving in Western Europe. We leased a vehicle for just over a month in 2019 while we were in Geneva, Switzerland. We drove the vehicle mainly through Switzerland, Germany and a little bit of northern Italy and France. We rented three separate …