Author: Mel

Blogger and Co-captain
  • Power Tourists

    So the Burnetts just toured the greater Naples area in three days.  We were time-limited, as we had some guests to meet in Sicily.  So the following may be a bit biased, as we exhausted ourselves power-touristing in three days through all of the main sites out of our base at the massive (900 berth)…

  • NOT a Toothpaste

    The Burnetts have been island hopping in Italy.  We recently discovered a beautiful island called Ventotene, which is NOT a toothpaste.  It is pronounced Vento-tay-nay, or something like that.  It is a very cool island with a complex network of Roman cisterns dug into it.  The emperor Augustus apparently exiled his daughter Julia here for…

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