(8/10) Wednesday. Left ridiculously early in the morning and drove the car back to Rome (Ciampano) airport and caught our RyanAir flight to Copenhagen. RyanAir is pretty horrible. After waiting in the cramped terminal, we were forced to wait some […]
(8/8) Monday. After we checked out of the AirBnb, we rented a car (diesel vw golf auto) from the airport and drove to our hotel near Pompeii. Lunch at a rest stop. Driving was mostly highway driving and there might […]
(8/5) Friday Afternoon. We took the train to Rome, which at times moved at 250+kph, and checked into our AirBnb there. Went out after a short rest, grabbed a quick dinner at a nearby restaurant, Taverna Romana. Food was so-so despite […]
(8/4) Thursday. After a lazy morning, we drove back to Florence and returned the car. We stayed right by the Basilica of Santa Croce in Florence – checked in and then spent the evening exploring the Basilica and walked around […]
(8/3) Wednesday started with a trip to Siena, a town towards the south of Tuscany that Leslie really wanted to see. After exploring the city we had lunch at a really cool local restaurant. Away from the touristy area, this […]
(8/1) Monday morning, we took a train to Florence. Got a rental car (a hybrid Yaris) and drove to Castello di Verrazzano in the heart of Chianti, Tuscany. One of the oldest wine producing families, same family as the explorer […]
(7/28/16) Thursday night, I flew to NYC, worked remotely Friday and then took the “redeye” flight to Milan. (Leslie had been in China visiting family and flew to NYC to meet me there, we stay at her condo). It was […]