We were not in a hurry to leave our villa, so we decided to sleep in and spend the day relaxing. Tim made coffee with an Italian perk. It was delicious! We sat in the garden for a while having coffee, catching up, and exchanging travel stories. I looked online for Venice tours to book; we decided on touring Dodges palace Tuesday and St.Mark's Cathedral Thursday. The day was heating up quickly so we headed to the pool and cooled down. The rest of the afternoo...

We were all excited about getting to our villa near Venice and meeting up with Tammy, Doug, Deborah, Mila and Makenna, who just flew in from Paris. We arrived in Codogne, a village in the province of Treviso, 50 km out of Venice. I was somewhat nervous about the condition of our villa, because if it ended up being a lemon other families would be effected, and I felt responsible. We were an hour ahead of Tammy and Doug, so I knew if it was really bad we could c...

We left for Florence by 9:00. Tim decided that we should drive in instead of using the train. We entered the coordinates of a parking garage into our GPS and made our way into the thick of Florence. Tim drove slowly as we worked our way through narrow streets filled with people. Some streets looked like pedestrian only areas, but as we entered them crowds would move to the side letting us through. The first parking garage was full so we tried the next one on...

We reluctantly said our goodbyes to Positano, it is a very hard place to say goodbye to. We told Giovanni that we will definitely be back. He toured us through a connecting property so if we return with friends we can rent both. The drive back was easier on my nerves because I was on the mountain side, making me feel less like I was dangling from the road, but unfortunately all the turns made Mariah carsick. We planned on eating lunch in Sorrento before...

We woke up early and zig zagged our way down the mountain. As we came around corners beautiful views of the bay would pop into sight. Within a half hour we made it to the harbor. I bought a white sun dress and a hat while we waited for our boat. Our boat arrived, it was a long fairly narrow boat that sat low in the water. The entire bow of the boat had padding for lounging on. The back of the boat had a roof and benches for sitting in the shade. Our dr...