Itinerary

Sept 7th - Flight from Boston to Genoa

Sept 8th-10th - Vernazza, Cinque Terre (just south below Genoa, on the coast- Hotel Elisabetta: http://www.elisabettacarro.it/
Cinque Terre is made up of five villages. There's a hike that we plan on doing where you hike through all five villages in about four hours.
Vernazza is supposed to be the best one to stay in.

Sept 11th - Florence, Tuscany - Hotel Cardinal of Florence : Florence so far is to go to the Academia Museum to see David

Sept 12th -13th - Sienna, Tuscany - Hotel Chiusarelli: for two nights Sienna is supposed to be a good central location to visit the Tuscan hill towns and vineyards.
http://www.chiusarelli.com/

Sept 14th - 15th - Rome - Rome Central Park Hotel: You know what there is to see in Rome

Sept 16th - 19th - Sorrento - Hotel Admiral: Possibilities here include visiting Pompeii, hiking Mt. Vesuvius, day trip to Capri, visit the Amalfi coast towns of Positano or Amalfi town.

Sept 20th - Naples, Renaissance Naples Hotel Mediterraneo:
Sept 21st - Fly home

Intro

So, I guess this is my first post. The reason I started this blog, is because I'm the last living person without one. Well the real reason is, I'm taking a trip to Italy, Sept 7, 2009 - Sept. 21, 2009. It will be a good way to communicate with friends and family, since to use a phone is $.99 a minute and texting is even worse. I plan on updating at least once a day, hopefully more, if wifi is available.

I suppose I should start at the beginning. How did this trip come to fruition? As most of you know, I've been wanting to travel for the past few years, and finding people willing to travel is not easy, for a few reasons. The first being money, the economy obviously isn't fit for travel. I've been very lucky in this department, and believe me, I know it. The other being finidng people interested in visiting the same places. Rewind....... In about late April or early May I was reaquanted with a girl I dated in High school, Allison. I don't want to get into her business, so I'll just say she had a trip planned to Italy, with her family, and a spot suddenly opened up. In passing, she said, "It's too bad you aren't coming with me". I'm impulsive and don't allow myself to think things like this over, which I think is a blessing and Y I RULE. I reply, "If you are serious and I can get the time off, I'm in". Needless to say, she didn't believe me. We have 6 days left before we leave, and I'm still not sure if she does. And that in a quick and dirty post is how I ended up going on this trip. More pre trip to follow.