Ah, Italia. We booked flights in May 2018 for an October getaway, and dreams of sipping wine and fresh pasta danced around our heads for the next six months. I went in to my typical research frenzy, knowing the only constraints were starting in Milan and ending in Rome ten days later. The internet had plenty of advice, with Cinque Terre and the Amalfi Coast topping most of the must-see lists.
I really wanted to fit Venice in, since The Thief Lord was one of my favorite books as a kid (I had a thing for stories where kids lived in atypical places like abandoned theaters or boxcars) but at the same time, we wanted to spend less time on the road than we had in Ireland and try to spend two nights in every place. We also decided early on that we wouldn't rent a car this time, opting instead to take trains or buses anywhere we wanted to go…
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