Author Archives: amandatrenchard

Today was awesome! John and I woke up around 10am, opened our door to our favorite cat friends, made some Italian coffee, and had a chat with our lovely neighbors from Ireland. They mentioned that they had gone to Mount Vesuvius yesterday and we decided we had to go. So, around noon, we set offContinue reading “Mount Vesuvius”

Today, John and I woke up pretty early to go to Capri. To get there, we had to make it down to Sorrento and then take a ferry. Since the walk was easily an hour and a half and public transportation would have taken an hour, we decided to drive the short and exhilaratingly terrifyingContinue reading “Capri”

This morning John and I decided that since our Airbnb host said we can checkout whenever, it was time to go to the gym. Luckily, we found a place less than two miles from our Airbnb where they let us in for free! After a nice two hour gym session, we showered, packed up, andContinue reading “Amalfi Coast”

Today we woke up to construction work at our AirBnb in Venice. We made our coffee in the Moka, had a quick breakfast and then headed out for a brand newcountry -San Marino! The drive from Venice to San Marino only took three hours and it was quite picturesque with rolling hills and countryside forContinue reading “San Marino”

Day 2 in Italy started off a little late but we figured we deserved to sleep in a bit after skipping on sleep last night. Before venturing out for the day, we needed coffee (obviously). So, we ran into our first trial of the trip-how to make Italian coffee. After a few solid, un-caffeinated, attemptsContinue reading “Saturnia”

Day 1 of Italy trip 2019 Today was long. And technically, today started yesterday. John and I have both been awake now for 32 hours with only a short one-hour nap on the 9 hour flight. But, outside of our delusional sleep deprived state, we have no complaints. 🙂 The trip started off on aContinue reading “Rome”