Travels With Friends Podcast
This podcast is a passion project. Joe and Lori have been married over Thirty years. Travel has never been something they have thought about, but ever since the kids have moved out they have made it their goal to travel near and far as much as possible. We are not experts on Travel! We decided to make travel important as we enter this new phase of life. This podcast will discuss domestic trips in the USA as well as having a focus on Italy, our favorite place in the world. We will discuss our adventures and bring on guests to discuss their travel, especially to Italy!
Episodes

Tuesday Jun 03, 2025
Tuesday Jun 03, 2025
It has been a while since Lori and I hosted a Travels with Friends.
Life got busy and we needed to take a break. We are back..and what a great guest we have in episode 18.
Vincenzo Landino - Passionate 1st Generation #Italian #American
His family is from the #Caserta area in #Italy
We discuss #Formula1 #FormulaOne #SerieA #Napoli #PittsburghSteelers #Steelers
#Family #Milan #Bologna #CinqueTerre
It is a real conversation...where we cover a little bit of everything.
Thanks to Vincenzo for the advice before our 2022 trip to Italy, and this new insight as we plan our 2025 trip.
Cannot wait to go to a Steelers game with Vincenzo and his family.

Tuesday May 06, 2025
Tuesday May 06, 2025
In this episode of Travels with Friends, Joe, Lori, and our special guest Maria discuss her travels in Italy with her family and then studying abroad and living in Verona.
#Italy #Italia #ItalyTravel
#Rome #Roma
#Verona
#Milan #Milano
#CinqueTerre
#StudyAbroad
#Travel

Wednesday Apr 30, 2025
Wednesday Apr 30, 2025
In this Episode of Travels with Friends, Joe and Lori discuss:
#Pope Funeral
#Italy #Italia
#Rome #Roma
#Napoli #Naples
#Milan #Milano
#Florence #Firenze
#Bologna
#AerLingus

Tuesday Apr 22, 2025
Tuesday Apr 22, 2025
In this episode of Travels with Friends, Joe and Lori welcome our friend Brent Dikeman
We hear about some of his travels and stories in England, France, Italy and Australia
Plenty of fun discussions!
#Travel
#Italy
#England
#France
#Paris
#Australia
#Melbourne
#London
#Florence
#Rome

Monday Apr 14, 2025
Monday Apr 14, 2025
In this episode of Travels with Friends, Lori and Joe welcome our guests Francesco and Suzette.
If you want to know about visiting Napoli, this is the place to be!
#italy #italia
#italyvacation #italytravel
#napoli #naples
have any questions or thoughts on Napoli, email us at travelswfriends@gmail.com

Monday Apr 07, 2025
Monday Apr 07, 2025
In this episode of Travels with Friends, Joe and Lori discuss California!
Joe visited the Golden State in 2001, and twice in 2017.
Lori just visited for the first time in March of 2025.
#california
#LosAngeles
#Anaheim
#Disneyland
#SanFrancisco
#LongBeach
#Irvine
#southwestAirlines

Tuesday Apr 01, 2025
Tuesday Apr 01, 2025
In this episode of Travels With Friends Joe and Lori discuss
Dallas
Love Field
Dealey Plaza
Texas Book Depository
Reunion Tower
Dallas World Aquarium
GW Bush Presidential Library
North Park Center Mall and Eataly
Waco
Magnolia Table
Magnolia and the Silos
Chip and Jo
Common Grounds
Suspension Bridge
Fort Worth
Holocron - Star Wars
AT&T Stadium - Jerry's House
Whattaburger
Bad Traffic and Bad Highways in Dallas
Travis Matthew not Mac Miller

Monday Mar 24, 2025
Monday Mar 24, 2025
In this episode of Travels With Friends Joe and Lori discuss a long weekend trip to Philly and NYC.
So much fun...maybe Lori's favorite domestic trip so far!
email us at travelwfriends@gmail.com
check us out at @travelwfriends on Twitter / X as I will post pics!
#Baltimore
#BWI
#Philly
#Philadelphia
#NewYork
#NewJersey
#StatueofLiberty
#EllisIsland

Friday Mar 21, 2025
Friday Mar 21, 2025
First off, I want to thank you for dealing with our microphone issues in our last episode.
Gina was great...sorry Lori and I sounded so bad.
New Microphone...and new topics!
We have covered #Italy in most of our episodes so far. We will continue to discuss Italy in future episodes but in Episode 10, we cover our experiences in #Disney, specifically #WaltDisneyWorld
Thanks for giving us a listen...you can always email us with any comments at travelswfriends@gmail.com
Future episodes to cover #NewYork #Philadelphia #Dallas #Waco #California and more...

Tuesday Mar 11, 2025
Tuesday Mar 11, 2025
In this episode of Travels With Friends, I apologize upfront as Lori and I had some small glitches with our mic. It will be fixed before Chapter 10.
Our guest for this show is my cousin Gina! She lets us know about her adventures to Italy in 2014 and 2024.
She loves the beach, pizza, wine, and so much more about Italy. She really took an adventurous road and spent quite a bit of time in Sicily and Southern Italy, as well as Capri, the Amalfi Coast, Rome and Venice.
Thanks Gina!
In the next few episodes Lori and I will be working with a new mic and covering California, Disney, New York and the East Coast, Dallas and Waco...and more...

Travels With Friends Podcast
This podcast is a passion project. Joe and Lori have been married over Thirty years. Travel has never been something they have thought about, but ever since the kids have moved out they have made it their goal to travel near and far as much as possible. We are not experts on Travel! We decided to make travel important as we enter this new phase of life. This podcast will discuss domestic trips in the USA as well as having a focus on Italy, our favorite place in the world. We will discuss our adventures and bring on guests to discuss their travel, especially to Italy!