A Travel Journal: Italy

When you travel, do you keep a journal of your activities and impressions? JB and I do; usually we alternate days--one day she will document our gallivants and the next day I will. We are not strict travel-loggers though. Our journal always include every single thing that made us laugh, and of course highlights that left us either speechless or amazed or confused.

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Recently I found our travel journal from Italy. We spent a week on the Amalfi Coast about four years ago, a rare group excursion (we usually travel solo) that turned out to be fantastic. Here are our highlights in a nutshell:

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'That woman Barbara, attached at the hip. We tried to be polite but we often snuck away'

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We meet Ellen and Roberta, these two friends traveling and also from Massachusetts, and we have a ball together. We cannot stop laughing at Roberta's crush on the Englishman in the lobby. Excessive alcohol increased her passion and our reaction. We laughed until we got sick.

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The formal head waiter with the formal yellow jacket

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The pitcher of hot milk frothed for our coffee every morning

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Joan from Provincetown when she fell in Capri: she had two huge black eyes from it and tried so hard to ignore them

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Nine nurses three with spouses on the tour: they drank like there was no tomorrow.

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The leather boots in Naples that got away, but kj got some very neat Italian sneakers

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The first time ever that JB and Ms. kj had cappuccino together

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Two mimes on the streets of Naples: we couldn't stop watching them

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Only $ 28 on our final hotel tab--wow.

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kj ate three candy bars non-stop out of the mini-fridge

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We bought our Italian underwear at the grocery store!!!

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Our harrowing walk on a ribbon of a street to Minori--the Mediterranean right there beside and below us

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kj talks to a shop keeper about the Delfino's in Italy--kj's grandfather came from an area 2oo miles north of Rome

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JB only had one sweater for the whole trip: she thinks she will throw it away when they get home

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The wild dogs in Pompeii: kj kept looking at them to see if they were happy. They certainly seemed to take care of one another.

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A cooking lesson making gnocchi. kj couldn't bear to eat it afterwards because too many hands had rolled out that dough

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Eating in the same 14 seat restaurant every night: just bring us whatever you want, no need for a menu. Unbelievable food. Orgasmic.

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All those lemons and lemon groves on the side of every hill--everywhere.

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Sipping cappuccinos often and everywhere at all those outdoor cafes

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It was an awesome trip. Have you been to Italy? If you haven't and you have been told the food, people and natural beauty of the country can't be matched, believe it.
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Love

kj ♥