After relatively comfortable flights, we arrived at Heathrow at 7:30 a.m. (2:30 for those back home) on Saturday ready to hit the ground running. We dropped our bags at the “Z Hotel,” found some sustenance (COFFEE) and took to the streets of London. Hyde Park was nearby, so we took a leisurely stroll on what … More Cheers from London
A very quick hello from London! It took me an embrassingly long time to login to this account, so my synopsis of all things London will go up tomorrow morning most likely. We’re having a great time so far and this is truly a beautiful city. We’ve been fortunate to have sunny, clear days to date … More Checking In
I’m having some problems embedding my photo slideshows into the blog, so for now here are the URLs for each stop on our trip: Milan: http://www.flickr.com//photos/30798418@N02/sets/72157631572713977/show/ Venice: http://www.flickr.com//photos/30798418@N02/sets/72157631600456396/show/ Florence: http://www.flickr.com//photos/30798418@N02/sets/72157631649391260/show/ Vernazza & Cinqueterre: http://www.flickr.com//photos/30798418@N02/sets/72157631649460978/show/ Pompeii: http://www.flickr.com//photos/30798418@N02/sets/72157631649567158/show/ Praiano (Amalfi Coast): http://www.flickr.com//photos/30798418@N02/sets/72157631649779407/show/ Rome: http://www.flickr.com//photos/30798418@N02/sets/72157631650103960/show/
I’m typing from home sweet home, as we arrived back yesterday afternoon, but I will catch up on our last stop in Italy now. We hit the ground running in Rome after checking into our (sweet) hotel. It was a beautiful day to take in some ancient history, anyhow. So we taxi’ed to the Coloseeum, purchased … More Rome
I just woke up from a nap in one of the lounge chairs on our balcony, as did Aaron. It is a fairly good synopsis of our time in the town of Praiano, Italy, a tiny town situated on the side of a cliff that dives into the sparkly blue Mediterranean sea on the Amalfi … More Two Days in Praiano
Mount Vesuvius overlooks the unearthed ruins of Pompeii, a Roman town that was buried under the volcano’s ashes in A.D. 79. It wasn’t until the 1700s that the town was rediscovered, and it was since excavated out of around 15 feet of ash under which it was buried. We stopped at the ruins after a … More Pompeii, with Vesuvius Watching
I think I have lost count. It seems to be that I’ve had pizza about 7 times now. And mussels – you wouldn’t believe how many mussels we’ve had.
Sigh, sigh, sigh. I typed an entire blog about our stay in Vernazza, and managed to lose the whole thing by accident. This makes me very sad, so here is an abbreviated version. Vernazza was beautiful. A small, quaint town – one of five towns making up the Cinqueterre – where the bulk of our … More Vernazza & the Cinqueterre
Ah, Florence. Here, the roads are paved with stone and squeeze between the terracotta-roofed buildings, most of which you can safely assume are hundreds of years old. Here, our hotel has tower we can scale to view the city. You pass many tourists while walking, and many residents too. There is endless history and art … More Firenze – Rain or Shine
We left Milan via its Central Station, a beautiful building that was apparently a creation of Mussolini’s, to head towards Venice. Boarding TrenItalia, I noted with sadness that we were sharing our train car with a large tour group of older Brits, and would be sharing our seating space with a couple from that group. … More Venice
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