Mon 2 Sep 2002
We’re Back From Italy
Posted by Ken Atherton under germany, italy, vacation
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Well, we made it back! Everyone survived, and we didn’t have any major disasters, although our car sustained some minor damage sometime while it was parked somewhere. From a discussion with one of the engineers in our department, it appears that this is a result of a bit of Italian culture that I wasn’t aware of. More on that later…
Like any vacation where a lot of touring is done, this one had its ups and downs. We spent a lot of time being lost, some sights were better than others, and sometimes the kids were cranky. Overall, though, it was a good vacation.
It’s strange, but after 2 weeks in Italy, it feels good to be back home in Germany.
We stopped in 4 major locations during our trip: Paestum (near Napoli), Rome (including the Vatican), Florence and Venice, plus we made some side trips to other locations like Capri, Pisa, and Milan.
While we were on the trip, I kept a journal. It’s not finished– we were too busy seeing too many things for me to have much time to write. Over the next several days, I will post the parts of the journal that are finished and try to finish the rest. So far, it amounts to 10 typewritten pages.
We also got some nice pictures, particularly of the girls. I will start cleaning them up so that we can post those along with the journal pages.
More later!
