We're back

We have been out of internet access since we left Rome.

The Amalfi coast was fabulous. It rained the first day we arrived and then the weather was quite nice.

Folks scattered in various directions to tour Pompei and Herculaneum, the towns around Amalfi, etc. Another day we all toured Positano and our last day we all cruised over to Capri to see Anacapri and the Blue Grotto. It was absolutely fabulous.

We didn't manage to do any running in Rome or Amalfi but we did get to walk up and down lots of stairs and lots of hills.

Our trip from Amalfi to Venice was exciting. It turned out that we were on two different trains. Most of us were on the slow train that left Salerno 15 minutes late and arrived in Rome about 30 minutes late (we ended up with about 10 minutes to catch our connecting train). Susan, Doug and Margaret caught the fast train and they had a leisurely 20 minutes to change trains, however their train arrived at a platform at the farthest end of the station from our Venice connection.

Larry, Carol, Mary, Leanne, Sue, Sarah and Ken sprinted up one platform and back down to the end of the next platform, knocking over tourists as we ran. We dragged our bags onto the train as it was pulling out of the station. We were very glad to see Susan and Doug to confirm that we were in fact on the right train.

Venice is amazing, we were all spellbound as we stepped off the train.