Unfortunately we had to leave he lovely city of Florence to head to Naples. I'm not sure if any of you know too much about Naples, but it doesn't have the best reputation. A lot of tourists skip by it because it is more known for it's pickpockets, thugs and garbage than it's sights. We decided to brave it for one night on our way to the Amalfi coast. We boarded the train in the morning and this was the first time that we had a full car on the train. We notic...

It was an early day for us today…we had to be up by 7:30 am to make it to the Vatican for our appointment for a guided tour through the excavation site beneath St. Peter's Basilica. I had to book this tour directly through the Vatican excavations office months in advance. We had special instructions to arrive at the Vatican, show our confirmation to the Swiss Guard who patrolled the west gate to the Basilica (who looked like a medieval joker, I might add). O...

This was our big day in Florence. We woke up early to catch our reservation for the Accademia Gallery, which houses Michelangelo's 'David'.We were waiting in line by 8:30 am and were practically the first people to enter the museum.We knew we were on kind of a short timeline, because we had a tour of the chianti wine region booked for 10:15, so we made a bee-line through the museum to where David was. Wow!! What an incredible sculpture this is. What we've reali...

I've fallen a bit behind on my blog, mostly due to the fact that we have been so busy having fun. So, here I am, trying to catch up as we are hiding from the afternoon sun in Sorrento.The last time I wrote we had just arrived in Florence and were thoroughly enjoying the sights there. We had two more full days to enjoy Florence. We spent the first day just sightseeing the city. Florence really has a great vibe to it, more sophisticated than Venice and more relax...

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