It is our last night in Italy. A fantastic trip! Italy captivated us in 2008. 2010 was equally magical. Our itinerary: Sorrento, Amalfi Coast, Naples (briefly), Pompeii, Rome. Highlights: bus ride along Amalfi Coast (breathtaking), Terrace of Infinity in Ravello (eye popper), Pompeii (really??), staying in Trastevere (charming), Piazza Farnesina (Renaissance art in Rome-yayy!), biking the Appian Way (ancient monuments and blooming meadows), cappucino anywhere, FOOD!!, mastering Rome buses (bye-bye taxi man), daisies for our room from the Campo di Fiore and finding a vase in a nearby alimentari, being here with my husband.
Lowlights: circumvesuviana (bleech-take the ferries!), Naples (scary and the Pompeii mosaic exhibit is closed for restoration), Naples, again (got scammed 8 euros on the EuroStar train on the way to Rome - more on that later), lost my Rick Steves book in Santa Maria Maggiore (lost a friend, but found him in a book store near the Trevi-reunited!), desparately missing my dog.
Next Trip: the lakes in the north!
Ciao Ciao for now. And for anyone planning a trip . . . it will change your life!