Italy: Context, intro, meandri e avertimentis: 1 of 12


Cathedral of St. Andrew, Amalfi, inner courtyard

Nearly a month in the making, this entry reveals the sixteen-day tour we enjoyed in the spring of 2025. 

I've adopted (stolen) the Tauk travel company organizational schema to report on the experience. First, it's chronological, and second, I'm so challenged to make sense of the whole excursion that I'd never achieve any clarity of expression on my own. 

Not to assume that I now will...

Thus, a series of twelve entries have been crafted, each more or less reflecting different stops along the way. Florence, well, I still have work to do on that stunning city. Soon...

Please note that I am not an archeologist, anthropologist, art historian... the list is massive. I'm also not a professional photographer. I am, instead, a humble enthusiast.

And, for good measure, please note that the primary purpose of these entries is to preserve our memories of this most extraordinary adventure.

Many, many thanks to Classic Travel in Okemos, MI, and Katie Gates, for the referral to Tauk. A fabulous trip, and great memories. 

The tour was April 19 through May 3. The blog was produced throughout the rest of May and into June. The dates of each blog entry are fake; they had to be manipulated so that the entries would show up in the order of the trip.

To navigate to all the Italy blog posts, this index of links appears on each entry:

 

 

Italy Posts

Context, intro, meandre e avertimentis

Sorrento and Amalfi Coast

 Pompeii

Imperial Rome

Rome, St. Peter's Square & Borghese Gallery

Orvieto & Umbria

Historic Assisi

Lucca

Cinque Terre Villages

 Florence

Venice

Final thoughts

Location: 80067 Sorrento, Metropolitan City of Naples, Italy

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