Friday, October 30, 2009

Roman forum

Sitting on something old

Inside the Colosseum

Colosseum

Relaxing at the Colosseum

Sending mail from VC

Vatican City 2

Vatican City

Pizza Caprese and Insalada Mixti

Fruit and veggie market

The amazing peeler!

Relaxed protesters

The protest

Under control

Cops in shades

Oblisk in Piazza Navona

Some church!

Another in front the Pantheon

Inside the Pantheon

Another

Quadcam at the Pantheon

Pantheon

In front of the Pantheon

Trevi Fountain

Wall decals in our Rome apartment

Wayfinding at Cavour Station

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Ikea

Quadcam, for Matt

Vesuvius erupting?

Stressful!!

Italy is very accomodating with bicycles; as I've mentioned before,
they have really nice racks on the trains. The slow trains, that is.

Today we finished our riding in the port of Salerno and went to the
train station to return to Rome. The slow trains that would accept our
bicycles would involve 3 connections and take 6 hours. The fast train,
which has no room for bikes, was direct and would take 2 hours (and
would be cool to ride).

We heard we could take the bikes apart and put them in bags, so...

A very nice porter let us on the train, and away we go, a Roma!

Salerno port

Lots of cars and containers, ready to go

Cetara

Sunrise from our balcony in Amalfi

The road to goodness

We ate in a decent place in the otherwise excrutiatingly touristy
Amalfi.

Amalfi

Enjoying lunch cliffside after a good morning

Verdict: It's buonissimo!

Erin contemplating the ride

Positano

More coastline

Coastal road

This one's a little better

Amalfi Coast, looking east

I've learned that the iPhone exposure settings are highly limited...

Amalfi Coast, looking west

First look at the Amalfi Coast

This was our first look at what us supposed to be "the most beautiful
coast in Europe" according to our Rough Guide. While no doubt very
pretty, neither of us thought it was any better than other places we
have seen.

But, the ride that would follow was surprisingly amazing, beautiful,
challenging, and rewarding!

Vesuvius and Sorrento

Capri