Yes it has been a long time between posts and we do apologise but Internet and Italy don't really go together very well. Coffee, Brioche, Salami, Pizza, Pasta, Fashion, Nightlife etc etc all good but don't try and get reliable Internet....
Anyhow, what have we been up to I hear you ask? Here is quick catch up. Will hopefully give you a more detailed catch up from the states.
Well before I start, I hope you all had a good Christmas break and a very happy New Year's. We were in my mum's home town of Ari in Abruzzi and of course we ate too much but it was really good to spend the time with family. New Year's was in Sicily with Connie's family and half of Catania's population setting of fireworks after midnight for about half an hour....apparently, it's legal there ;-) It was pretty cool though with Tessa setting off a few herself.
From Sicily we went to Sorrento on the Amalfi coast for 3 nights and it was really good although we all got sick with a touch of the flu and our apartment resembled a hospital ward. Well not really but you know how Connie can exagerate ..... ;-)
While in Sorrento we went to Napoli and spent an afternoon and evening in the city eating at the Brandi restaurant made famous by the boys from Fat Pizza. It was "fully sick".
Walked to the railway station for the last train back to Sorrento at 22:39 from Napoli which apparently is a silly thing to do but we Valenti's love to live dangerously.
After Sorrento we headed for Roma and all the magic of the old city. Much cleaner than last time we were there although it did rain for 2 days out of the 3 but we covered a lot doing, Colosseum, Spanish Steps, Vatican Museum, St Peter's, Pantheon, Trevi Fountain and Ancient Rome. Did the hop on hop off bus tour as well on the last day (the sunny one...).
I would like to send a really big thank you again to everyone who has looked after us in Europe. It has been really good to catch up with family and friends and spend time with them.
The first hick up of our tour happened today. I am supposed to be writing this post in a New York hotel but our flight out of Rome was delayed by 2 hours which means we missed our connecting flight to the US of A. We are in the Sofitel at Heathrow hoping that our rescheduled flight for 08:20 in the morning will happen.. Will let you know how get on.
That's it for now. Sorry for the quick tour. Promise you more later on.
In the meantime, here are some photos as well to show you a bit of what we have been up to.
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Frank.
1 comment:
FGV without internet? OMG that must have killed you!
keep smiling!
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