I’m up early for breakfast just like normal. The roosters are crowing. The sun is rising over the mountains. The fog is slowly burning off. But Mount Vesuvius is nearly completely hidden by the fog. It’s not that far away and yet it is completely indistinguishable that there is a volcano behind that seamless layer…
I’ve come to accept that you can’t do everything you think you should do on vacation. I’m in Sorrento still and probably only did 50% of the things you are “supposed to do” while you are here. I didn’t make it to Positano and I didn’t make it to Pompei. I’m completely fine with it.…
If I ever wondered where I should be living and spending my days, today was a resounding reminder that it is near the ocean. There is something about seeing large bodies of water (lakes barely count) that literally makes my heart beat faster. I can’t get enough of it. Ever. Last night I went to…
Today I spent about 5 hours travelling. Maybe more. My friend Enzo picked me up at 10 am and I checked into the hotel in Sorrento at 4pm. It was a long day of travelling…. on a range of trains for sure. But I’ll get to that. Last night after much talk and deliberation, I…
After I wrote yesterday’s post, I went back to my room with the odd inclination to turn on the tv. I had only turned on the tv one other time while I was here and it wasn’t a successful attempt – but something made me do it. While I’ve been here, I’ve ignored all of…
With each “city” that I arrive at, I am constantly amazed at how cute each of them is in their own ways. By this point, I’ve been to Venice, Florence, Monterosso, Vernazza, Manarola, Siena, Montepulciano … and a few train stations in between. Cortona was one that I was really excited for but not for…
When I first started to vocalize plans for this trip to Italy, I heard a fair amount of advice – but the one thing that really stood out among the tips was to visit Montepulciano. It didn’t seem as though it would be super easy to do however…. Primarily based on my guidebook. When I…
I’m already in bed… tired from a day trip to Montapulciano. I’ll write a better post about it tomorrow (perhaps) but here are some pictures to show that I’m not lying.
Today is my first day without Kerrianne by my side. It was such a great twist of fate that she was able to join me in the first place, so I was sad to see her leave this morning. Despite our obvious personality differences, we are really great travel companions. It was so helpful and…
If you saw the “Live Update” about the Sciopero …. And perhaps didn’t see another post yesterday, you might have thought I was still stuck in Cinque Terre. But we didn’t get stuck there. The weather when we woke up (and were sleeping) was terrible and windy. It was raining and very gusty … and…
