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From the island of Ischia my dad and I got on the 45-minute ferry (16 euros = US$23 apiece) back to Naples. It was an easy crossing since this time the seas were perfectly calm and we took a nonstop boat. It was so nice out we spent most of the time out back (where [...]
Last week I told you all about our flight to Italy and stopover in Rome in the delightful Rome Cavalieri Hotel. The following day we jumped on the hotel’s free shuttle for the 30-minute ride to the city center and then hopped in a taxi to go to Rome Termini (the main train station). The [...]
Before my trip to Italy I was in Connecticut hanging out with my family and friends over the Memorial Day weekend, and my brother Frank was kind enough to drive us 50 miles to John F. Kennedy Airport in Queens, New York. Check-in for our Delta Airlines flight took only a few minutes and security [...]
As I continue on the Trafalgar bus tour, I reluctantly leave Rome and go north to Tuscany. The countryside was beautiful, much of it like a painting. It was a long ride (4 hours) to our first stop, Castello Vicchiomaggio, for a wine tasting and lunch. The winery was in Greve, in the Chianti region [...]
Going through Italy on a tour bus? I didn’t think that was my kind of travel, but I’d like to think that I will try everything once, and I found the benefits of this luxury coach trip surprising. I actually enjoyed riding on the bus, which was quite comfortable. It was new and spacious and [...]
Happy New Year from chilly Florida! If you are following me on Twitter (@JohnnyJet), then you know I missed the California rains and the Northeast blizzard by just a few days. I’m actually upset about it too, because I love a good snowstorm (as long as I’m not traveling). This past week, I had quite [...]
Greetings from Southern California! So I needed to be back home in Los Angeles for an important meeting and to catch the Manhattan Beach Open. Instead of taking Alitalia’s nonstop service from Rome to LAX I went through London on two UK-based airlines, British Airways (BA) and Virgin Atlantic. Yeah, I know, two of the [...]
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