Italy

Post by **Sam** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 5:49 pm

Daughter has one last weekend to make a day trip in Italy. She is in Rome and will have seen the valley of Tuscany, two small towns starting with a T. Also went to Pompeii, Visuvius and Positano. She wants to see some sights but also do some shopping, not like at Gap, but not as expensive as Prada. Wants a quick day trip, sort of like a total of 12 to 14 hours total.

What are the good and bad points about visiting Florence, or Milan or Venice? Any other places to consider? She will have to take a train I guess and does not want to spend a lot, but wants a full day

wenestvedt · Post by **wenestvedt** » Mon Jun 15, 2009 7:27 pm

Venice is sinking: get there while you can. Florence is so larded with Medici-funded art that it's the trip of a life. Milan offers good clothing, I think.

fallingwickets · Post by **fallingwickets** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 4:30 am

Sam this was in the paper the other day. Might be of interest. The writer raves about it:

http://travel.nytimes.com/2009/06/07/tr ... scany.html

Post by **Sam** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 5:39 am

Clive, I am going to send her the link, but because she did the Amalfi Coast and went to a couple of towns near Tuscany - Todi/Titignano...a province over from Tuscany, Milan is a bit pricey and she also is going to be with a group of 4 or 5. Who knows, she may on a lark go back to Positano as she loved it. Keep the ideas coming though since I copy her on all of this by cutting and pasting.

Here she is in the village, just right before they served a 12 course luncheon to the students

wenestvedt · Post by **wenestvedt** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 6:45 am

Sam, that picture is amazing. I gotta go back to school....

fallingwickets · Post by **fallingwickets** » Tue Jun 16, 2009 3:01 pm

I'm going back to school too

Ben · Post by **Ben** » Wed Jun 17, 2009 7:41 am

Why? You can just go to Italy!