we took a train from lucca to florence and then from florence hoped on another train to rome. we had decided that for our last week in italy we just wanted to stay put. this is mainly due to the fact that we were exhausted and basically needed a vacation from our vacation. so with that said, rome it was.
we got to rome and immediately headed to the colosseum (sorry if i continuously incorrectly spell that, its a bad habit). we got there just before sunset so we had to to explore the area around it and see some of the roman forum from afar. after sunset we found this cute little place right across from the colosseum and had huge glasses of wine and pasta...what more could you ask for on your first night in rome!
the next few days we saw the colosseum (went inside, AMAZING!), ridiculous amount of museums and ruins, the roman forum, trevi fountain, spainsh steps, went to the vatican, saw st. peter's, losts of priests and nuns, the sistine chapel.....i know im missing some things, but you get the point. there's so much to see there and never enough time!
on thursday we decided to head down to sorrento to see some of southern italy and i was going to spread a loved ones ashes off the amalfi coast. we wound up taking the ridiculously slow train from rome to naples so it took almost 3 hours to get to naples, its only supposed to take half that time. ugh. so once we got to naples we jumped on another hour long train to sorrento. i think we finally got there around 4pm and since we had only planned a day trip, we had no time to hang out in sorrento. so we just wandered around and got down to the water just in the enough time for the sun to be going down and for me not to be able to spread the ashes. soooooo
we hiked back up the 200 stairs we went down, decided to have a beer and relax before journeying back to rome. while sitting there and feeling the beer i suggested not going back to rome and alexis 100% agreed, so we got a room in sorrento, bought some toothpaste and toothbrushes and enjoyed our night there. the next day we decided to go to capri. thank god we did, its worth the money and probably the most beautiful place i ever have been. i was able to spread the ashes there, which was the absolutely perfect place to and then we spent the day in the sun, soaking up the views and relaxing....well mostly sweating...but still :)
after capri, we took the ferry back to sorrento, took the train back to naples, took another train back to rome (this time the fast train!) and passed out at our hostel with only 2 days left on the adventure.
the weekend in rome turned into more of a shopping and wine. ah, love the wine! we bought extra suitcases because we had shopped a little too much. oops :) oh well....
so we ate delicious food and drank wine saturday and sunday, took as many pictures as we could, splurged on a hotel room the last night there and got on a plane yesterday morning back to the us.
alexis is in virginia now and i am in chicago, then im heading to jersey for a few days before we both return back to sf this weekend.
ill post some pictures now and when we're both together again, we'll write some more thoughts on our entire trip. thanks to everyone for checking this out while we were gone and for all the advice!
kisses and hugs to everyone!
oh and alexis's tooth is still in tack and my ankle is slowly healing. it still kind of looks like some took a baseball bat to it. good times!
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I remember returning to Japan after a 6 weeks tour throughout SE Asia. After that time living out of two smallish suitcases, we all took our clothes and threw them ceremonially into the TRASH! Did you do the same. Three cheers for a proper ending in beautiful Capri. Welcome home and I await glorious pictures and a visit from you both to hear all about your adventures!!!!!!!! Kathy
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