Italy 2012 – Traveling

It’s five am in Vico Equense, Italy. I’ve been up since 3:30, though. Not sure if it’s the time difference, or I have things on my mind, but either way, the only way I can think to pass the next few hours until the restaurant opens for breakfast is to start writing.

We left the house at 4pm Tuesday, and finally checked into our hotel at 9pm Wednesday. The flight from Seattle to Heathrow was uneventful, except that it left at 7pm and landed at 11am the next day (Wednesday), and they served a real dinner but only a continental breakfast. By the time we got to our terminal at Heathrow, all the restaurants had stopped serving breakfast. So, I missed my breakfast. Unfortunately, that was not to be the last tragedy of the day. We settled on a pho-type place for lunch, which was all together unimpressive.

Soon we were on our way from Heathrow to Rome. We’d slept (badly) for about four hours on the prior flight, so almost as soon as I sat down on the second flight, I was back asleep. Which was a problem, because I fell asleep so quickly I forgot I put my iPad in the seat pocket, and left the plane without it. One iPad down. Kicking myself like you wouldn’t believe right now.

We landed in Roma at about 6pm that day (Wednesday). Our driver found us at the airport, and we had a 3-hour drive in the back of his Mercedes to Vico Equense, just outside Napoli (Naples). We checked in, had dinner, slept for about 4 hours, and then I just couldn’t sleep anymore (and now of course, Rich can’t either). I showered for as long as I could make it last, but alas, it’s now only 5:41am, and I really want some breakfast. (Restaurant opens at 7:30.)

Our hotel is Capo La Gala, built right into the rocky cliff coast. The decor isn’t my style – very stark and modern. The interior walls are plain white, and our room smells like paint. The bathroom towels are fabulously soft, but I needed a second shower after the first just to clean off all the towel lint. Putting on my lotion, you would have thought I’d been covered in cobwebs.

Our room has a private veranda that looks out over the bay. I’ll add photos once we’ve seen it, as so far we haven’t had any daylight. But from what we’ve seen so far, the view is spectacular.