Tag: italy
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POMPEII
We arrived from our sleeper train at about 6 am in Naples. We just hung out at the train station and got breakfast and waited for our tour bus to come get us. We signed up for a tour of Pompeii and Mt. Vesuvius. We figured there would be a lot of history so the…
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PISA
Like I mentioned in my previous post, we hadn’t planned on visiting the Leaning Tower of Pisa but realized we were only about an hour away. We jumped on a train from La Spezia to Pisa to spend a few hours there. We saw this mountain range while on the train to Pisa. We were…
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CINQUE TERRE
I was most excited to visit Cinque Terre (pronounced cheen-kwey ter-hree). It’s a series of five villages along the cliffs of the Mediterranean Sea. We took the train from Parma through the mountains and countryside of central Italy. We arrived in La Spezia, in the mid morning. We left our big backpack at the train…
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MURANO/BURANO
While in Venice, we visited some of the nearby islands in the Venetian Lagoon. Like I mentioned earlier, our hotel ordered us a free private water taxi to Murano. Having our own boat was pretty awesome. It was about a 20 minute ride to Murano. You can also take a normal water taxi to the…
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ROMA PT II
We only had two days in Rome, so we had to cram a lot in. After Vatican City, we went to the Pantheon and walked to Trevi Fountain which was under renovations. Then we walked over to the Spanish Steps. We went to this place for dinner right near the Spanish Steps and ate lunch…
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ROMA PT I
We arrived in Rome in the evening, so we just headed to our hotel. We got up early the next morning and took the subway to Vatican City-the Ottaviano stop which is better because then you don’t have to walk up a big hill. Most people take the stop after that. We opted for this…