On our way back to Positano from Pompeii, we stopped in Sorrento for lunch at O’ Parrucchiano La Favorita, located at 71 Corso Italia (www.parrucchiano.it). This restaurant has been one of our favorites on several prior trips to Sorrento. The history behind the place is it was started by a former seminarian in 1868 at this location, the seminarian had learned to cook in the cloister and decided he would rather cook…
We arranged transportation through Positano Car Service, Via Cristoforo Colombo 2 www.positanocarservice.com) and for a private tour through Pompeii. Our driver, Antonio, is also an amateur photographer and made multiple stops to allow us to take pictures on the way. He eventually started taking pictures for us of the various sights. At Pompeii, we were met by a pleasant woman, Mena, short for Philomena, who would serve as our guide. She proved…
We left our Anniversary celebration Villa Collalto in Tuscany by express train from Firenze to Napoli on TrenItalia. There we were picked up Enzo a driver we hired through Positano Car Service, Via Cristoforo Colombo, 2 84017 Positano (Sa) Italy www.positanocarservice.com. We made a brief stop at Luiselle Moda Positano, (www.luisellemodapositano.com), Piano di Sorrento, a fashion design house just seven kilometers from Positano on the main road between Sorrento and Positano. Karen…
One of the special occasions on our anniversary trip to Italy was to take the train with two of the couples travelling with us, Mathiew and Christina, Cindy and Gary, from Firenze to Bologna to have dinner at Franco Rossi’s restaurant (Via Gioto No 3, Bologna – francorossibologna@hotmail.it, www.ristorantefrancorossi.it). Franco’s Restaurant was featured in John Grisham’s novel, The Broker, and one of my novels, Life After, www.dhtreichler.com . This was probably our…
On this particular trip we were visiting Firenze as a staging place for our anniversary trip to Tuscany. We arrived from Rome on a TrenItalia express train from Rome Centrale which took about an hour and thirty minutes. We spent two nights at Hotel Paris, Via dei Banchi 2 Tel +39-055280281 www.parishotel.it, email: Info@parishotel.it. We like Hotel Paris because on an earlier trip we arrived late and the only room available…