Never too many photos of Doc and Gerry

Another photo from this summer. Gerry is wearing a cool tee shirt that we bought in Italy on our vacation.

Back to Italy...

I neglected to mention that we went to Italy with our friends R and E. Here we are in Rome getting ready to tour the Colosseum. We've also traveled to Las Vegas, New Mexico, and Aruba with them- good traveling companions!

Italy Trip, continued...

After leaving Naples we drove to the Amalfi coast. We stayed in Amalfi town itself- this tiny little town hugging the mountain that overlooks the Mediterranean. We were astonished at how nice our hotel room was-huge with a gee-normous patio that we shared with our friends who were in the room next door. Every afteroon around 4 we'd gather there and share wine and cheese and crackers before walking into town for dinner.

What I loved most about Amalfi is that we didn't need a car- we could walk the entire town. and one day walked to the next town up the coast.

 When we couldn't walk we had the option of taking a ferry to other coastal towns.  

Near the end of our stay in Amalfi we rented a boat (!) and Captain Ron drove us up and down the coast. It was during this trip I had an ill-fated attempt to go swimming the ended up with me smashing my nose into the desk and pinning myself between the railings of the boat. I ended up with a really awful bruise and a cut on my knee-neither of which were at all debilitating-just ugly. My husband and friends didn't realize that I'd actually hurt myself AND that I was stuck fast between the railings because when it happened I began laughing uncontrollably. Yeah, I'm like that.  I had to pulled out because my arms were trapped at my sides. It wasn't pretty. But the day was!

 

Trip to Italy, continued...

After 4 days in Rome we hired a drive to take us down to Naples. We ate lunch on the Via Partonope within sight of the Dell-Ovo Castle. After lunch we toured the Castle and then our drive took us to Amalfi.

What I've been up to....

Since my overly long blog vacation there have been a several life highlights I'd love to share, the first is...

We made it to Italy! 

And this so-not-a-fan-of-big-cities woman fell in love with Rome.

The narrow, atmospheric streets where our hotel was located.

And the monumental sites. And the food. Loved it all.