Sorrento at night

Sorrento in the foreground; Napoli in the background.

October 16th 2006
Welcome to the travel day from hell - 14 Ottobre. It started out wonderfully in Cernobbio as we caught the 8:53 AM to Milano. Arriving in Milano on time, we had 1/2 hour to transfer to the Eurostar for Napoli. Again, a piece of cake. During the 7 hour ride in 1st class, we enjoyed the conversation of other Americans before they disembarked in Firenze or Roma. Even lunch in the dining car was ... read more

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more

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Pat and Ann

"People don't take trips - trips take people." -John Steinbeck Pat finally graduated, and we are ready to end the vacation drought. Join our adventure as Italy takes us on a trip through a culinary week in historic Lucca, pesto lunch on the Cinque Terre, the canals of Venezia, ski boot manufacturing in Montebelluna, the beauty of Cernobbio on Lago di Como, roller coaster bus rides along the Amalfi Coast, and the Seven Hills of Roma. In between will be lots of opportunities for misadventure as we navigate the Italian rail system. Guaranteed, "the only way to be sure of catching a train ... full info

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