What to Do This Fall

I once threw some Italian lira into the Trevi Fountain, not the replica in Las Vegas but the real one in Rome. So, holding to the tradition, it is enviable that I will eventually return to the Eternal City and this time Jay can come. We're still bandying about the idea of spending our big, autumn break in Italy. There's nothing set in stone, so to speak. I did pick up a travel guide at the library today. It's one country that's hard to try see in just three weeks or a month. It'll also be hard buying all the overpriced Euros needed this time around!

I tend to want to again see the southern region as in 1987 I knew I'd return to spend a day on the Isle of Capri during my life. I have already seen Naples and the ruins at Pompeii, but 22 years ago I wasn't nearly as smart and worldly as today. I didn't see the Leaning Tower of Piza nor have I been in a gondola in Venice. Turin and Milan are also far afield, so starting to put together an itinerary will be a task in itself.

An old newspaper clipping from 1987.

Click the title banner above to load a PDF file which was published in my hometown newspaper called the Argus-Champion in Newport, NH. It was published when I returned to work in Saudi Arabia after 10 days in Italy in 1987.

The only photo I could locate from that time was an 8" x 10". I think the others may have been lost in a fire when some of my belongings were stored. The old image of Florence is hot off the scanner.