Day 39 Sorrento in the Rain
Day 39- We spent a cool but comfortable night in our new apartment in Sorrento (actually Saint Agnello about 2 km away from Sorrento). I have to admit that we took our time getting up in the morning. We had been driving quite a bit, and let’s face it driving in Italy can take it out of you! Today we decided that we would walk into Sorrento and look into the thing we were thinking about doing: Pompeii, going down the Amalfi coast, and going to Naples. We wanted to find the Circumvesuviana train station and just get a general feel for where we were. We had listened to a Rick Steves pod cast, and he was touting Sorrento as the place to base yourself to see all of the sites I have just mentioned. He said that even though Sorrento did not have any major...
Day 38 Pescara to Sorrento Strap on Your Seat Belt
Day 38 was a day spent driving to Sorrento. We went through some beautiful countryside and hills. It was really neat to see different old towns perched on hillsides. As we got closer to Sorrento, we passed by Mt. Vesuvius and Pompeii (no you could not see the ruins from the highway) and then we hit the coast. Okay the beauty here is undeniable, but the roads are insane! Hairpin turns overlooking high rocky cliffs that drop off into the ocean. Russ and Reid got to ooh and ahh, and I gripped the wheel and focused on not driving off the cliff. Add in a giant tour bus here, some insane Vespa drivers there..and viola you have a car trip in Italy…well almost. Okay Italy I as a driver in your country I have a few questions: *Why is it okay to straddle a...
Day 37- Goodbye Venice Hello Pescara
Truth be told we have some parts of our trip planned and some parts are not. When it came to Italy, we did not have much planned. Some events changed, like having to go back up to France to meet at the haunted chateau, spending time in Paris with Russ’ sister and our niece, so Italy was a bit shaky at best. The one place I knew that I wanted to go was a place that my family had stayed in Tuscany. If any of you know my step-dad Bill…he is more like a dad to me…to know him is to love him! He is just a great guy to be around! One thing he has done a lot in his life, is travel! He has a way of finding interesting places to go and interesting things to do. So when he told us about La Falconara, where he stayed with his current wife Kay ( a...
Day 36 Time for Some Venetian Culture
Day 36- Today we got up early, early so we could eat the free breakfast, and early so we could go downstairs to use the internet. One thing I am not sure if I have mentioned, is that the internet sucks in Italy. Yes, I said the “s” word, but it is true! It is unreliable at best, spotty, and overall just a pain. Now for normal tourists this would not be a problem, but when your husband works online, you are trying to write a blog, your are homeschooling your son, and you use the internet to call your family…it is a HUGE bummer! So we ate breakfast and got caught up as best we could (yes I was a bit lazy when it came to blogging…reasoning that I didn’t really have enough time to post…and now here I am playing catch...
Day 35 When You Go To Venice You Must Bring Your Boots
Day 35- We were up and ready to go at the crack of 11:00 this morning…not sure what took us so long getting out the door. Maybe it was our teeny tiny showers or maybe it was too much time spent gawking out our windows…but whatever it was, we were late getting out. Yes, so late in fact we missed our free breakfast at the hotel! So off we went, we were headed to St. Marks by foot, and we had no idea what we were in for! As we crossed the Spanish bridge, we decided to stop in a cafe to grab a coffee and some breakfast. Okay, I have to admit that I like Italian brioche (croissant) better than the French ones! What? Oh you heard me! So after breakfast we set out on our walk around Venice! One of the first things that I noticed as we began to make...
Day 34 Enchantment on the Grand Canal
Day 34- If you know anything about my life, you may know that my husband Russ is …hmmm how can I say this…budget minded (cheap). So when trying to book a hotel for Venice I had to check price and parking…two things that everyone thinks about when they think of Venice…not. Somehow I stumbled upon the hotel Santa Chiara…it claimed to be on the Grand Canal and have parking… and it fit our budget! Who knew? I have to admit, I was not expecting very much when we did our last minute booking…but hey I figured at least we were in Venice right? It was late when we got to our hotel…and the first thing I noticed was that it was right on the Grand Canal…and it looked dare I say it charming…not...
Day 33 A Trip Down Memory Lane
The whole reason that we chose the route we did to get to Venice was so that we could pass through the town that I spent part of a summer in when I was 17 years old…so only 20 years ago…wink wink! There is danger in revisiting places that are firmly locked in your memory…what if it is nothing like you remembered it to be?? I realize that almost 30 years have passed since I have been there… but in some ways it feels like it was just a couple of years ago. Looking back on the experience, I really wish I would have appreciated it more…really taken the time to enjoy where I was and what I was doing. What is the old saying (yes I know when you quote “old sayings” it means that you are old) “Youth is wasted on the...
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