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Sorrento

From Rome we headed south by train to Sorrento, a small tourist town that is also a jumping-off point for the Amalfi Coast and the island of Capri. Since it’s effectively closed for the winter we skipped Capri, but we did make it to the Amalfi Coast. More on that later. The train journey from […]

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Vatican City

We spent most of a day in the world’s smallest country, Vatican City. It’s home of the Pope, St. Peter’s, and the world’s shortest national railway (all 980 feet of it). We started at the Vatican Museums, which house an incredible, expansive art collection. Despite it being low season in Rome, the museums were quite […]

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When in Rome…

Our next stop was Rome. To get there from our Venice apartment we first took the vaporetto (waterbus) to the train station. We left at rush hour, and the vaporettos coming down the canal were jammed full of commuters. We had what amounts to a reverse commute, and weren’t so cramped. The train from Venice […]

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Venice

One summer in high school I took a whirlwind tour of Europe as part of a concert band. We stopped in various cities for a day or so each to give concerts and do a bit of sightseeing. Many of the memories have blurred and faded, but I do recall our day in Venice. It […]

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Brussels

From London we were headed to Berlin. We’d have to change trains in Brussels anyway, so we figured we’d make an overnight stop there. We briefly contemplated a side trip to Bruges, but decided that city would be a better experience in a different season. The main draws in Brussels were culinary: waffles, chocolate, French […]