Only A Bag - An Italian Travel Podcast

Sandwiches, pastries, gelato, wine to-go, and what is lampredotto? We've got you covered with a list of our favorite food in Florence. If you prefer reading, you can find our review of La Strega Nocciola, our current favorite gelateria in Florence, here! As always, thank you for listening! If you'd like to support us, you can do with by purchasing your next train trip through Trainline, an easy-to-use aggregate of train and bus fares. You can find our affiliate link by clicking here! And if you're planning out which sights to see and when to go, Tiqets has you covered with tickets! This is also an affiliate link that will support Only A Bag with a small portion of Tiqets' cut. If you'd like to follow us on Instagram, we'd love that! We can be found at only _a_bag. Likewise, you can keep up to date with what we're doing on our website, www.onlyabag.com.

Hello and welcome back! In this episode we are back to talking about Florence! Headed to Florence but short on time? We've got you covered with tips on what to see in Florence, what to skip, what's free in Florence, and what's worth the price. While we mentioned in episode 3, Florence can be a day trip, an ideal trip to Florence could be 4-6 days. Enough time to see the galleries, catch a few sunsets from the rose garden at the Piazzale Michelangelo, and stroll the Ponte Vecchio. If you want to support the podcast, and book tickets for the Uffizi, click here! That is our affiliate link to Tiquets, a ticket-buying platform. Likewise, if you want to go to the Galleria Academia, click here for affiliate tickets! As always, we hope you enjoy! We'd love it if you followed us on Instagram: Only_a_bag And, of course, check out our new website! www.onlyabag.com

Hello, hello! Welcome back to Episode 3 of Season 2. In this episode, we're talking about Florence. Specifically, we are taking about how to get there (planes, trains, and automobiles (buses)), and how to get around. We're also offering a very brief history. Not necessarily of Florence, but of Italy as a whole, and how the local dialect of Florence ended up as Italy's national language. In this episode, we mentioned Trainline, a way of purchasing train and bus tickets in a surprisingly easy way. Here's our affiliate link: https://trainline.tp.st/Xo3tZo7p Of course, we'd love it if you were to check out our brand-new website onlyabag.com!

Hello and welcome back! We apologize for having been gone for so long. While Only A Bag has always been on our minds, we couldn't figure out the time to sit down and finally record another episode. And then we found the time! Here's episode one of Season 2. We lightly delve into "northern" Italy vs "southern" Italy, and how it might affect your trip to Italy. At one point, we mentioned a bakery in Siena, which is here: https://goo.gl/maps/Js4UEQfURAr1JEr5A We have also re-vamped our website: www.onlyabag.com. Thank you all so much for listening! We hope you enjoy the episode!

Welcome back! (If you prefer to read the podcast as an article, you can find it here!) Now that you've learned all you can about getting started with house sitting, we thought we could share our favorite house sitting websites. These might not be the best, but these are the ones we've had the most luck with, or the most pleasant interactions with homeowners through. Like always, we hope you enjoy!  Nathaniel and Darcy Here are some links to the mentioned websites! If you use an affiliate link, we'll make a little money. Trusted House Sitters: Affiliate Link | Non-Affiliate Link  Nomador: Non-Affiliate Link MindMyHouse: Non-Affiliate Link House Sitters UK: Affiliate Link | Non-Affiliate Link House Sitters America: Affiliate Link | Non-Affiliate Link House Sitters Australia: Affiliate Link | Non-Affiliate Link (These are not the best house sitting websites in the world, only the ones we like.) Our website: Only A Bag Instagram Page:  Only_a_bag Medium: @Nathanielmellor

Welcome back to another episode of our housesitting series! If you prefer to read our advice, you can find the article on our website! In this episode, we talk about the "house." For us, this means cleaning the house when we leave, how to treat the house when we're there, and what to do in the absolute certainty that you break something.  We hope you enjoy! Want to jump right into house sitting? Here are some links to our favorite websites! Trusted House Sitters: Affiliate Link | Non-Affiliate Link Nomador: Non-Affiliate Link MindMyHouse: Non-Affiliate Link House Sitters UK: Affiliate Link | Non-Affiliate Link House Sitters America: Affiliate Link | Non-Affiliate Link (These are not the best house sitting websites in the world, only the ones we like.) Our website: Only A Bag Instagram Page: Only_a_bag Medium: @Nathanielmellor

Welcome back! If you prefer to read our advice, you can find the article on our website! Now that we've talked about setting up your profile for various house sitting websites, in this episode we discuss our tips on how to get your first sit! We hope you enjoy! Want to jump right into house sitting? Here are some links to our favorite websites! Trusted House Sitters: Affiliate Link | Non-Affiliate Link Nomador: Non-Affiliate Link MindMyHouse: Non-Affiliate Link House Sitters UK: Affiliate Link | Non-Affiliate Link House Sitters America: Affiliate Link | Non-Affiliate Link (These are not the best house sitting websites in the world, only the ones we like.) Our website: Only A Bag Instagram Page: Only_a_bag Medium: @Nathanielmellor

(For the article version, click here. And as always, we love feedback about our website! Welcome back! In this episode of House Sitting: Miniseries, Darcy and I discuss setting up your profile, what to include and what to leave out, and sending that first message!  We hope you enjoy! Nathaniel and Darcy Want to jump right into house sitting? Here are some links to our favorite websites! Trusted House Sitters: Affiliate Link | Non-Affiliate Link Nomador: Non-Affiliate Link MindMyHouse: Non-Affiliate Link House Sitters UK: Affiliate Link | Non-Affiliate Link House Sitters America: Affiliate Link | Non-Affiliate Link (These are not the best house sitting websites in the world, only the ones we like.) Our website: Only A Bag Instagram Page: Only_a_bag Medium: @Nathanielmellor

(For the article version, click here.) Hello and welcome back! In previous episodes, you might have heard us mention "house sitting." Well, in this episode, we discuss our introduction to house sitting, as well as some of the websites we like to use.  In the beginning of the episode, we cover some "housekeeping" items, such as our new website, Instagram page, and our new use of affiliate links which will be disclosed. We will also use non-affiliate links in the descriptions of our podcast alongside affiliate links, in case you don't trust affiliate links (we totally understand!). Thank you all so much for listening and your continued support! We can't tell you how much it means to us. Nathaniel and Darcy Want to jump right into house sitting? Here are some links to our favorite websites!  Trusted House Sitters: Affiliate Link | Non-Affiliate Link  Nomador: Non-Affiliate Link MindMyHouse: Non-Affiliate Link House Sitters UK: Affiliate Link | Non-Affiliate Link House Sitters America: Affiliate Link | Non-Affiliate Link (These are not the best house sitting websites in the world, only the ones we like.) Our website: Only A Bag Instagram Page:  Only_a_bag Medium: Nathanielmellor

Hello all, and welcome to our "Kitchen Sink" episode for Rome. There were so many little things we wanted to mention in the last few podcasts that either didn't fit, or we weren't factually sure on. So we added them into one large podcast. A "just in case" type of thing. Some of it is also updates to prices or practices as we've experienced them We also have a website! www.onlyabag.com. We will post the blog version of podcasts here as well as any and all other information we think is interesting. At least if it relates to Italy. And we have an instagram! https://www.instagram.com/only_a_bag/ Or, if you want to find it yourself, @only_a_bag.  We hope you enjoy this episode! As always, if you have any questions, please let us know! Nathaniel and Darcy, Thanks for listening. ————————————————————————————————————— Things we said we'd mention in the description: Piazza Del Popolo fountains: There are four fountains in the center and two on the edges. None of these are potable. There is another fountain near the street entrance that is potable. Emergecy Numbers: 112 - General Europe Emergency Number 113 - Italy specific Emergency Number 115 - Firefighters and Search and Rescue 118 - Medical Emergency Number ATAC Cards: Kids under 10 ride free. Tickets lengths are  100 minutes (€1.50), 24 Hours (€7), 48 Hours (€12.50), 72 Hours(€18), and 1 week (€24) General Updates: Gelato = More Expensive Air Conditioning = Less Common 

Welcome back to another episode of the Rome series!  In this episode we discuss how to navigate the used clothing markets of Italy, and the ones we like to frequent. We hope you enjoy!  If you have any questions, please feel free to get in touch. Towards the end we mentioned a group of vintage stores in the Monti neighborhood which are: Pifebo Vintage Shop Flamingo Vintage Shop Roma Humana Vintage Roma King Size Vintage Pulp Vintage Blue Goose Abito Update July 2022: We finally have a website! It's a bit light on the content as we are writing articles as quickly as possible, but we'd love for you to check it out and send us any comments! www.onlyabag.com

Welcome back after our impromptu 6 month break!  To get things started, we figured we should round out the last of the food episodes talking about the thing we love best: gelato. Not only do we discuss the parts of a gelato cone, we discuss things to look for when hunting for the best gelateria in any city.  At the end, we mentioned our list of our all-time favorite gelaterie in Rome, and here it is! Some of these gelateria have multiple locations, we list the ones we visited. If you want to make it even easier, we have created a Google Maps link to our list of favorite gelaterie! Neve di Latte - Via Luigi Poletti, 6, 00196 Roma RM Otaleg! - Via di S. Cosimato, 14a, 00153 Roma RM Fatamorgana -  Via Roma Libera, 11, 00153 Roma RM Gracchi -  Via dei Gracchi, 272, 00193 Roma RM We're headed back to Rome in July, so if there's anything you'd like us to cover, please let us know! Thank you all so much for listening!  For anyone who also likes to read posts, here's a link to our "Gelato" page. https://www.onlyabag.com/gelato

What's the best way to order a coffee in Rome? Do you sit down and wait for someone to come over? Or go to the bar? What is a "normal coffee?" What are those red drinks everyone is drinking around 5 o'clock? Are the water fountains in Rome potable? In this episode Darcy and I take a look into coffee and drink culture in Rome.  As always, I hope you enjoy! Nathaniel: @MellorNathaniel Darcy: @not_mr_darcy Also, we kept pronouncing "brusque" as "brisk." I only noticed while editing. Sorry! 

Welcome back to our episode on food! We try to lay the groundwork for any trip you might take to Rome by discussing street food, food markets, groceries, the customs around food, and what to do if you have allergies. Darcy was coming off a bit of a cold, so I did a heavy portion of the talking, sorry about that! We hope you all enjoy! Update July 2022: We finally have a website! It's a bit light on the content as we are writing articles as quickly as possible, but we'd love for you to check it out and send us any comments! www.onlyabag.com

Hello everyone! We are so sorry for our long absence. We moved houses again, lost internet, and real life got in the way. We are now back!  In this episode we talk about getting to Rome by flying there, getting from the airport to the city, and getting around Rome once you're there.  I also mentioned a website for cheap student flights which is called www.studentuniverse.com. Some of my talking might be quick in this episode, and I do apologize! I realize I talk quickly when I'm excited about something, and I'm working on talking slower so everyone can understand.  I hope you enjoy!  Our Rome segment of our website is here: https://www.onlyabag.com/rome

In this episode I invited my travel partner, Darcy, to talk with me about traveling together. We discuss the pros and cons, costs, and how it's important to sometimes take some time apart. I hop you enjoy! Update July 2022: We finally have a website! It's a bit light on the content as we are writing articles as quickly as possible, but we'd love for you to check it out and send us any comments! www.onlyabag.com

Possibly the greatest debate while traveling is whether or not to go alone. For some, it's an eye-opening experience, a chance to connect with themselves and learn about the person they really are without distractions. For others, it's a deeply lonely experience that reinforces how far out of their comfort zone they are. In this episode, I discuss having a new normal, changing your perspective, and learning how to travel alone. I hope you enjoy!  Update July 2022: We finally have a website! It's a bit light on the content as we are writing articles as quickly as possible, but we'd love for you to check it out and send us any comments! www.onlyabag.com

In this episode I cover things you will need before you hit the road. This isn't about packing or any gadgets, but the bare basics such as a passport, visa, vaccines, travel insurance, and more. I hope you enjoy!  Update July 2022: We finally have a website! It's a bit light on the content as we are writing articles as quickly as possible, but we'd love for you to check it out and send us any comments! www.onlyabag.com

Welcome to Only a Bag, a travel podcast! Since this podcast will weave certain topics in and out of every episode, I thought it would make sense to give a brief overview of those topics: One bag, ethical traveling, long-term traveling, and housesitting. I will go into more depth in the following episodes. If you have anything you'd like to hear me talk about, please let me know! Thanks for listening, Nathaniel Update July 2022: We finally have a website! It's a bit light on the content as we are writing articles as quickly as possible, but we'd love for you to check it out and send us any comments! www.onlyabag.com

If you asked a friend, "In one hour, tell me everything that's important about visiting Rome," this would be pretty close to their response. If you'd like to support the podcast, one great way to do so is to sign up for Trusted Housesitters through our affiliate link ⁠⁠here⁠⁠. Not sure what house sitting is? Well, we'd love to be the ones to introduce you to the best way to travel through the articles ⁠⁠here⁠⁠, or our podcast episodes ⁠⁠here⁠⁠. Thank you all so much for listening!