{"id":2373,"date":"2022-07-26T14:56:31","date_gmt":"2022-07-26T21:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agencyveneer.com\/WP\/?page_id=2373"},"modified":"2025-05-11T16:06:25","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T23:06:25","slug":"italy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/agencyveneer.com\/WP\/italy\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"<body>\n<p>For 25 days in 2022 I travelled in Southern Italy and Sicily.  I have previously travelled to Northern Italy in the 1960s and 1990s to places like Venice, Milan, Lake Cuomo, San Marino, Pisa, Florence and even Rome.  I have always wanted to spend time in Rome (with money because the 1st time I visited, I was completely broke), Pompeii, Naples, Amalfi Coast and Sicily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/agencyveneer.com\/WP\/assets\/wayToNapoli.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/agencyveneer.com\/WP\/assets\/wayToNapoli.jpg?resize=640%2C427&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2376\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/agencyveneer.com\/WP\/assets\/wayToNapoli.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/agencyveneer.com\/WP\/assets\/wayToNapoli.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/agencyveneer.com\/WP\/assets\/wayToNapoli.jpg?resize=768%2C513&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/agencyveneer.com\/WP\/assets\/wayToNapoli.jpg?resize=640%2C427&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><strong>Roughly the route taken from Rome to Amalfi and then back to Naples<\/strong> (I went to Salerno rather then Sorrento)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The main road along the Amalfi coast is not for the feign of heart, so most travelers use the ferries that ply up and down the gorgeous coast. I took the bullet train from Rome to Salerno and then a bus from Salerno to Atrani (24km\/15mi) that took over an hour. I learned my lesson and used the shore ferries after that harrowing ride.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/agencyveneer.com\/WP\/assets\/amalfi-coast-map.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/agencyveneer.com\/WP\/assets\/amalfi-coast-map.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2375\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/agencyveneer.com\/WP\/assets\/amalfi-coast-map.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/agencyveneer.com\/WP\/assets\/amalfi-coast-map.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/agencyveneer.com\/WP\/assets\/amalfi-coast-map.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/agencyveneer.com\/WP\/assets\/amalfi-coast-map.jpg?resize=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And, 9 days in splendid Sicily<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/agencyveneer.com\/WP\/assets\/Sicily-MapaMarked1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/agencyveneer.com\/WP\/assets\/Sicily-MapaMarked1.jpg?resize=640%2C473&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2377\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/agencyveneer.com\/WP\/assets\/Sicily-MapaMarked1.jpg?resize=1024%2C756&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/agencyveneer.com\/WP\/assets\/Sicily-MapaMarked1.jpg?resize=300%2C222&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/agencyveneer.com\/WP\/assets\/Sicily-MapaMarked1.jpg?resize=768%2C567&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/agencyveneer.com\/WP\/assets\/Sicily-MapaMarked1.jpg?resize=640%2C473&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/agencyveneer.com\/WP\/assets\/Sicily-MapaMarked1.jpg?w=1201&amp;ssl=1 1201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<div class=\"learnpress\"><div class=\"learn-press-message error\">This shortcode LP Profile only use on the page <a href=\"https:\/\/agencyveneer.com\/WP\/wp-admin\/admin.php?page=learn-press-settings\"><strong>Profile<\/strong><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For 25 days in 2022 I travelled in Southern Italy and Sicily. 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