Italy

It's been hard to find time to be online, so I regret that I left Turkey without writing much about my trip... maybe I'll be able to offer a recap later. But for now, it's on to Italy! I got here a week ago... arriving into Milan after some more very serious f&ck-ups in Istanbul, caused by United mistakening canceling my plane ticket. Really.

We picked up our car the next morning and thanks to the navigation help of our little GPS, arrived in Bellagio, on Lake Como, in the afternoon. The GPS is pretty accurate, though it did choose a route that required us to put our car on a ferry... unexpected. Lake Como is beautiful and we enjoyed our time there, leaving after 2 days for Venice. Venice was delightful and charming, though the water ferries and small, unmarked walking streets take some getting used to. I'm writing now from Florence, which I have been to twice before, but it is a great city and nice to be here again. Tomorrow we head for Monterosso, one of the towns of the Cinque Terre on the western coast. I'll try for pics soon!