Wednesday, April 3, 2024

Week 643: March 24 - March 30



A beautiful day in Monterroso

Ready for a hike

1st of the 5 towns

Only 2 hours to the next town

Totally worth it for the views

Almost there!

Made it to Vernazza!

Wish I had my swimsuit!

Checking out the lunch selections!

There's the octopus sandwich everyone was talking about!


Headed to the next town!

Made it!

Quick gelato stop

Another stop on the Cinque Terre express

Pit stop in Pisa enroute to Rome

There she is!

Ready to head to the top!

1/2 way up!

All the way to the top in 4 minutes!

Checking out the views of Pisa!

We found the Trevi Fountain in Rome on our way to dinner!

Pretty amazing spread!


Soup for the soup lover!

Learning all about the colosseum!

And now in Naples for our first Neopolitan Pizza

Water taxi to Capri

Checking out all the grottos

Unfortunately, we couldn't visit the blue grotto but the trip around the island was just as cool!

Up to the top of Capri!

Pretty cool way to get to the top!

Foggy day with no views :(

Caprese pasta straight from Capri!

Yum!

Another dinner, another pizza!

At the Naples station headed to Pompei

Let's go check out these ruins

Quick sip from the fountain

And a stop for some soup

Found some old friends here

The famous pizza di Michele (not our favorite)

Headed underground!

Pretty cool to see Naples underground1

Lunch on the water!

Checking out the Naples sea life

Such a pretty day

Stocking up on European candy

Jealous of the Naples markets

Found a yummy crepe for a pre-dinner snack

And another yummy pizza for dinner!

Cappuccino time!

Last minute decision to see a Napoli football match.  When in Naples...

Tuesday, April 2, 2024

Week 642: March 17 - March 23


Private flipping lesson

March madness time!

Orthodontist with friends

Headed to Italy

Not so fast...first an 8 hour delay

Now we're headed to Italy

First stop...Venice

First pasta dish in Italy gets a thumbs up

Checking out Doge's Palace

Pretty cool stuff in here

And look how pretty St. Mark's Basillica is!

Another view of the palace

A fun trip over to Murano

And Murano

And, back in Venice looking for sea life

Ready for a gondola ride

Pretty cool way to get around the city

First pizza of the trip

First Peroni of the trip

One of many great dinners

Lots of seafood on this trip

And even more gelato!

Taking a water taxi to the train

Next stop, Milan

Just a quick transfer in Milan

Working on notes for Mrs. Egan's upcoming Italy trip

Made it to Ciqueterre

Boys on the beach!

Look at those views!

First spritz of the trip....