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  • Jul 06, 2018 - Heading Out
  • Jul 07, 2018 - Rome Return
  • Jul 08, 2018 - Pompeii and Mount Vesuvius
  • Jul 09, 2018 - Secret Swimming Hole
  • Jul 10, 2018 - Amalfi Coast
  • Jul 11, 2018 - Capri Island
  • Jul 12, 2018 - Naples
  • Jul 13, 2018 - Plane Flights

    • Friday, Jul 06, 2018

    Ouch! It was a 4am wakeup. Notably, I try not to make this a habit. I took Uber to SJC around 4:45am and entered the airport around 5:30am. All this and I’m not a morning person by far. One thing noteworthy was that I had unknowingly booked myself on the inaugural flight from SJC to JFK on Alaska Airlines. This meant there were free bagels and coffee, and a woman dressed as the State of Liberty (Lady Liberty?) So that was fun, though I passed on the coffee. I want to sleep on the plane not use the bathroom repeatedly. I may have had a bagel though.

    We boarded around 6:30am and soon enough, we were in the air headed for JFK. A direct flight to Italy, I could not find.

    Well, not for a price I liked.

    Time was not a friend as we were passing through increasing time zones. Around 3:45pm, we landed at JFK. Just a layover--nothing to see here. Oddly, the weather showed showers nearby. And it was July 6. My layover wasn’t too long, and at 7:30pm, I was headed for Rome. It had been 17 years.

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