Travel Archives - Nikki Martinez

Making Fresh Pasta Takes Time But So Does Love

Posted on 05/06/2019by Nyx

Across Italy, no matter where you travel, you’ll find good food. What’s a little more elusive is the experience of…

Posted on 25/02/2019by Nyx

“Welcome, we’ve been expecting you.” It’s the first line on the paper you are handed at the entrance of Villa…

Posted on 19/12/2018by Nyx

Palazzo Litta, Milan, the city’s oldest theater that is still functioning today. Art has a way of bringing people together…

Posted on 10/09/2018by Nyx

Stillness is a good place to start. I’m flat on my back, eyes closed, head tilted upward. Hints of coconut…

Posted on 16/08/2018by Nyx

At 4 am, sunlight was already starting to filter through my open window at Hostinec U Hubálků. We zombied out…

Posted on 11/08/2018by Nyx

The first time I stepped into the chilly Czech Republic, John and I weren’t yet married. It was our first…

Posted on 14/07/2018by Nyx

Want to hear the true heartbeat of a city? Head to its local farmer’s markets. In Kampala, it was Owino,…

Posted on 29/07/2017by Nyx

If there was any place in Italy I’d always wanted to see, it was Pompeii. Here, I sketched with great…

Posted on 19/07/2017by Nyx

Up close with the leaning tower of Pisa, the iconic structure seems tiny. Tourists with selfie-sticks, crowds of visitors,…

Posted on 15/07/2017by Nyx

The goal is a little ambitious: to see as much of the Italian coast as we can while the kids…