My first few days in Rome exploring the Vatican and attending Easter Mass in St. Peter's Square I got it into my head a few months ago to spend Easter seeing Pope Francis in Vatican City. As things often go when I get an idea, I had booked flights and started planning within a week. Maybe too quickly, because I also booked us an unnecessary flight from Rome to Naples that we ended up not taking, but I suppose mistakes happen when you make impulsive travel decisions. Anyway,

I'm going to jump back to June of 2007, probably the earliest trip that I'll write about. I was 18, had just graduated high school three...

Brussels was not somewhere I was ever particularly interested in, but when Ryanair is selling flights for 10 pounds to Copenhagen and 6...

City sights, snow, pretty castle photos, and a highly professional critique of modern art. Copenhagen is somewhere I have wanted to go...