October 24, 2022
Oct. 24th, 2022 06:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lizzybuffy2008Well, we are back from Italy. We actually got back on Thursday, but between both testing positive for COVID, the mountain of laundry and catching up on things, I have been swamped.
We did get the new booster the week it came out, so I am thankful that we are not really sick (K has no symptoms and I feel like I have a head cold.) I actually feel better today and tested negative this morning, so I am hoping that is it.
We had a wonderful time and I hopefully will have more detailed posts in a few days. We learned some things; spending all day in the Newark airport is no fun; no matter how great I feel when I leave, take allergy meds, because I always have issues with itchy eyes and stuffed up nose (even without COVID,) don't go to Europe again without a cell phone plan that definitely works there, and try to do more restaurant research and make reservations before leaving.
We had no real issues, but a couple of nights we had to scramble to get in to a place for dinner and since the extra money I paid to have international roaming ran out in two days, it made it difficult to make a reservation without going by the place or depending on online reservations.
We flew into Milan, took a train to Parma (4 nights,) then Bologna (2 nights,) Ravenna (3 nights,) Ferrara (1 night,) Verona (3 nights,) and back to Milan (1 night.) My favorite place was Ravenna; the mosaics are vibrant and beautiful and its an easy town to get around. It was wonderful to be back in Italy and I think I ate my weight in prosciutto, but with all of the walking did not gain any weight.
More to come...
We did get the new booster the week it came out, so I am thankful that we are not really sick (K has no symptoms and I feel like I have a head cold.) I actually feel better today and tested negative this morning, so I am hoping that is it.
We had a wonderful time and I hopefully will have more detailed posts in a few days. We learned some things; spending all day in the Newark airport is no fun; no matter how great I feel when I leave, take allergy meds, because I always have issues with itchy eyes and stuffed up nose (even without COVID,) don't go to Europe again without a cell phone plan that definitely works there, and try to do more restaurant research and make reservations before leaving.
We had no real issues, but a couple of nights we had to scramble to get in to a place for dinner and since the extra money I paid to have international roaming ran out in two days, it made it difficult to make a reservation without going by the place or depending on online reservations.
We flew into Milan, took a train to Parma (4 nights,) then Bologna (2 nights,) Ravenna (3 nights,) Ferrara (1 night,) Verona (3 nights,) and back to Milan (1 night.) My favorite place was Ravenna; the mosaics are vibrant and beautiful and its an easy town to get around. It was wonderful to be back in Italy and I think I ate my weight in prosciutto, but with all of the walking did not gain any weight.
More to come...
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Date: 2022-10-25 06:55 am (UTC)I live much closer to you and I've never been to Italy - I will rectify that in the next couple of years!
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Date: 2022-10-25 10:56 am (UTC)I would highly recommend Italy, but definitely go during the shoulder or off season. The first time we went in 2000, it was not all that crowded. In 2004, really only The Vatican was crowded. In 2017, both Florence and Rome were very crowded and this time, Bologna and Milan both were. I cannot imagine how bad it would be in high season.