We dropped off a bag of clothes for laundering by Hotel Casci. The price is reasonable and it’s convenient and that way you don’t need to bring as many clothes. We had our usual breakfast and after breakfast we asked Paulo (the hotel concierge and a member of the very nice family that runs this . . . → Read More: Firenze and Bologna
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We’ve been in Firenze (Florence) for a few days and tomorrow we’re off to Greve in Chianti to the Villa for Andy’s wedding. For some reason, my VersaCharger for my Treo 650 burnt up (even though it’s dual voltage and worked in another hotel) so I’ve been hunting around for some kind of replacement Treo charger, . . . → Read More: Firenze (Florence) The food market In Florence, we took Nicole’s parents to see the amazing, huge indoor food market at Piazza del Mercato Centrale. This place is amazing – meat, produce, and seafood everywhere, and the biggest wheels of parmigiano reggiano that I’ve ever seen. A lot of really delicious looking stuff and also a lot of gross stuff . . . → Read More: Firenze and Lucca A long day… We were very good and got up early so that we could have breakfast and make the 9:07 Circumvesuviana train from Sorrento to Napoli (Naples). We made it and arrived in Naples at around 10:07 with plenty of time to spare until our 11:30 train to Firenze, scheduled to arrive at 3:06. The plan . . . → Read More: Sorrento to Firenze (Florence) This was the day that we planned to go to Pompei. It almost didn’t happen. We walked over to the Sorrento Circumvesuviana train station, ready to buy tickets to Pompei Scavi (Pompei Excavations). Note, you want Pompei Scavi, not Pompei – Pompei the modern city that’s adjacent to the excavations, according to the guidebooks, is . . . → Read More: Day trip to Pompei Breakfast We began the day by having a lovely breakfast @ Hotel Antiche Mura with American faire like scrambled eggs, soft (not crispy) bacon, and OJ that tastes like OJ as well as Italian cold cuts and cheeses and bread and rolls and Nutella. Particularly impressive was the desert table with a lemon caprese cake, apricot shortbread . . . → Read More: Sorrento and Capri Breakfast At Hotel Lirico, we had a breakfast with nice rolls and butter and soft cheese, packets of salami, and cappucino. We watched a little family of 4 who we guessed were Spanish & German. We checked out. At the hotel desk, we asked the clerk how much a cab to Termini (Rome’s main train station) would cost . . . → Read More: Rome to Sorrento |
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