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Wednesday, September 27, 2023 . . . . . . Inna made reservations for a small boat tour of Capri from Sorrento. After reviewing multiple tours and companies, she settled on the following boat tour hosted by YouKnow: . . Capri & Blue Grotto Boat Trip-Prime Experience with max. 8 guests from Sorrento . We were picked up by a small tour bus at 7:30…

Inna booked Luciano, a private tour guide, for an 8-hour Amalfi Coast tour with stops in Positano, Praiano, Amalfi, and Ravello. . . . . We woke at 7:00, showered, and got dressed for the tour. At 7:45, we left our Bed and Breakfast on Corso Italia 185 and walked 3 minutes to Gentile Cafe, our favorite nearby cafe. . . We sat down and…

After visiting Pompeii, we boarded the local train from Pompeii's Scavi Villa Dei Misteri station to Naples' Garibaldi station. . . Inna had an idea to taste the best pizza in the world, which is supposed to be served at L'Antica Pizzeria da Michele. However, when we walked from Piazza Garibaldi to the pizzeria, the line was very long, and the last person was holding…

Since Inna booked a group tour in Pompeii (a Small Group Guide Tour with an archaeologist), we woke at 6:30 a.m. and dressed for the upcoming trip. Inna took a shower, but I decided to skip it (since I had taken one the night before). . . We walked 10 minutes to the Sorrento Train Station, and I purchased two one-way tickets to Pompei. The…

On Friday, September 23, 2023, Inna and I planned to board a direct flight from San Francisco (SFO) to Rome on ITA Airways (formerly Alitalia), en route to Sorrento, Italy.. . Departure: Flight AZ641 from San Francisco Intl Terminal 1 at 15:15. Arrival: Flight AZ641 Rome Fiumicino Terminal 1 at 12:05. Once we landed in Rome, we planned to board a train to Naples, then…

We arrived at Venice's San Lucia train station (on the island) from Bologna at around 1:10 p.m. Once there, we purchased a 3-day Waterbus ticket for each of us ($40/ticket) to use public transportation in Venice, Murano, and Burano.. . I did not realize it at the time, but a machine sold those tickets next to the agent, and I could have purchased the exact…

Thank you, Rick Steves, for keeping tourists away from Bologna! . . . We like it hidden and unique (and not overrun by mobs of tourists). We came to Bologna for one primary reason - it is supposed to be the culinary capital of Italy (but don't tell anyone).. . We arrived at Bologna's central train station on time, at 1:15 p.m., from Milano Centrale…

"Buongiorno," do you have any warm jackets for sale? All I had was my red raincoat, and I was freezing. Italy was not supposed to be this cold! I was in the little town of Bellagio on the beautiful Lake Como, and all I could think about was finding a place to warm up.. . I packed enough for my Italian trip but forgot to…

We flew out on Norwegian Airlines flight DY7068 at 8:00 p.m. PST from Oakland Airport to Stockholm, Sweden, as the first part of our Italian vacation.. . Norwegian Airlines used the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, and it was a pleasure to fly on a modern jetliner with comfortable seats and an Android entertainment system. Norwegian Airlines is an à la carte airline, so all food or…