Italy 1: Dear Lord are we there yet???
Ok, as promised, here's some Italy stuff.
Day 1: We split up on the way over. Matt and I had free tickets on American. Mike and Annette were on Continental. So, I can't speak for their trip. For Matt and I, we only had one stop over in Chicago and Matt hooked us up with the Executive club. Is that the name? Whatever. It was awesome. Anyways, upon arrival in Rome we ran into Mike and Annette in the passport line, so no worries there. We went directly onto the train shuttle that goes from the airport to Rome Termini, the main train station - 11 frickin euros for a 30 minute train ride. They really stick it to you on that ride. Anyways, we took a train from Rome to Naples and then a local train to Sorrento (technically Sant' Angello, a little town/suburb of Sorrento). We made sure no one slept because we were trying to make our bodies get used to the time. Italy is 7 hours ahead of Central time, so we left Saturday morning and arrived in Rome Sunday morning. Mike didn't sleep at all on the plane so he looked like the walking dead by the time we arrived in Sorrento around 2pm. It was at this point I realized the near god-like powers Mike has for directions. And, as someone extremely directionally-challenged, I was in awe. We found the hotel with no problems - very cute Hotel Angelina - and then went walking around Sorrento. It's on the coast and is a good place to base out of for Capri and Pompeii. Here are some pics. I made them smaller so I won't have any space issues with Blogger (not even sure if there's a limit, but just in case). So, my original photos are slightly better quality. These are about 1/3 of the pixels.
I was all set to chill and enjoy the scenery, but got out voted.
Day 1: We split up on the way over. Matt and I had free tickets on American. Mike and Annette were on Continental. So, I can't speak for their trip. For Matt and I, we only had one stop over in Chicago and Matt hooked us up with the Executive club. Is that the name? Whatever. It was awesome. Anyways, upon arrival in Rome we ran into Mike and Annette in the passport line, so no worries there. We went directly onto the train shuttle that goes from the airport to Rome Termini, the main train station - 11 frickin euros for a 30 minute train ride. They really stick it to you on that ride. Anyways, we took a train from Rome to Naples and then a local train to Sorrento (technically Sant' Angello, a little town/suburb of Sorrento). We made sure no one slept because we were trying to make our bodies get used to the time. Italy is 7 hours ahead of Central time, so we left Saturday morning and arrived in Rome Sunday morning. Mike didn't sleep at all on the plane so he looked like the walking dead by the time we arrived in Sorrento around 2pm. It was at this point I realized the near god-like powers Mike has for directions. And, as someone extremely directionally-challenged, I was in awe. We found the hotel with no problems - very cute Hotel Angelina - and then went walking around Sorrento. It's on the coast and is a good place to base out of for Capri and Pompeii. Here are some pics. I made them smaller so I won't have any space issues with Blogger (not even sure if there's a limit, but just in case). So, my original photos are slightly better quality. These are about 1/3 of the pixels.
I was all set to chill and enjoy the scenery, but got out voted.
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