The Lazy Way of Blogging by Using Facebook Status Updates Sarah Reinertsen... Has been hit on by a Sicilian train conductor and a Napoli police officer in the same 8 hours. Clearly their standards are much lower south of Rome.(13/5/09) Survived Naples but couldn't help but wonder who was on the take. The pizza was worth walking around 5 hours waiting for it to open though! (14/5/09) would have been sunning myself on the isle of Capri yesterda...

Executive Summary - Lake Como & Milan Saw: Lake Como, Bellagio, the Alps, Milan, Milan's Duomo, some sort of castle, lots of Prada Did: Took a ferry around the bottom left part of Lake Como (it's a big lake), took a funicolare for a panoramic view of Lake Como, bought lots of silk scarves in Bellagio, kept an eye out for George Clooney (no avail), congratulated myself for my decision to spend 12 hours in Milan and move on but wished I had enough room in my ...

Executive Summary - Venice Saw: Piazza San Marco and related cathedral, Rialto, Vincenza and an Iowan connection, Ghetto Nuovo, empty Murano glass factories (on a Saturday) and an exceedingly boring Murano glass museum (unless you're into the history of glass. I am not) Did: took a traghetto across the canal, got lost, refused to pay 12 euro for a coffee at Florian, made lots of friends at one of the best hostels, got lost again, dropped my ca...

The Lazy Way of Blogging by Using Facebook Status Updates Sarah Reinertsen... is in Venice. They really do wear those funny shirts and have gondolas everywhere. (Oh, and I stopped in Bologna for spag bog today!) (6/5/09) was given unsolicited photography advice on the canals of Venice by a couple from Tennessee yesterday. (8/5/09) now has a plan to get to Turkey. (9/5/09)

Executive Summary - Florence & Tuscany Saw: Uffizi Gallery (and Botticelli's Birth of Venus), Siena, Duomo, leaning tower of Pisa, Lucca, Michelangelo's David, Greve and Chianti, Ponte Vecchio Did: waited in line 3.5 hours for Uffizi (at least it was free), climbed 414 steps to the top of the Duomo, hiked to Piazza Michelangelo and the lookout over Florence, took a market tour, participated in a wine tasting and tour of Castello Vicchiomaggio...