Today we headed to the Trastevere. Crossing the Tiber opens another, rougher, side of Rome. Seedier is unkind as it really does have its own charm. We really enjoyed the streets and churches of the authentic Roman neighborhood. The area of old Rome was settled by immigrants to Rome (spelled 'conquered') whom were not pure enough to truly be 'Romans.' When finished in the Travstevere, we headed north past the Vatican as we also began a search for certain specific...

Up early and out the door. Being a Sunday, many stores and exhibits were closed. We basically did the Rick Steve's Night Walk during the daytime to see all the detail... Piazza Navona, the Pantheon, the Augustus' Victory Obelisk and Colonna's Column, the Trevi Fountain and then the Spanish Steps. We stopped into a little restaurant off the Trevi where Steve had Carbonara in honor of his co-worker, Paul, who had provided so much help in planning this adventure. W...

Travel to Rome -- Packing up and dragging our stuff back up the hill/steps was not fun but our driver, Allessandro, was there waiting for us. He had the foresight to tailgate someone else in so we did not have to zig zag up all the way up the long steep driveway with our bags. Squeezing through the tight Amalfi coast roads we were on our way to Napoli. We pulled off the road for some croissants and capachinos before starting the longer leg of the trip to Roma. W...

One of our top goals on the Amalfi coast was to hike the "Walk (or Path) of the Gods", a trail high above the coastal and hill towns (about 2000ft elevation). We got off to a rocky start (pun.. haha) when the public bus was over an hour late and then just waved at us as they sped on by (the public buses are always very crowded). Luck was with us in a way, though, as Malinda found a 50 Euro bill on the ground at the stop where we were waiting! Because of the del...

We hired a small Zodiac boat to *bounce* us across the Med from Praiano to Capri. We made a stop in Positano to pick up 'Deborah' who was ultimately a no show. We will never hear the name Deborah again without thinking of Positano. Andrea was a fine captain and we (Steve) only got drenched once backing out of the Green Grotto. We transferred boats mid-sea to enter the Blue Grotto. After ducking to the floor of the wet boat, our pilot took us around the gorgeous g...