Just an aide-memoire this one, writing here to save writing elsewhere.  Extended stays in Venice and Florence means need to work out remaining Italian plans.  It’s currently Monday 30th.

 

Mon 30 – Florence, travel to Rome, Rome, sleep in Rome

Tue 1 – Rome, sleep in Rome

Wed 2 – Rome, sleep in Rome

Thu 3 – Rome, sleep in Rome

Fri 4 – Rome, sleep in Rome

Sat 5 – Rome, travel to Naples, Naples itself (Arch. museum?), sleep in Naples(ish)

Sun 6 – Naples (Pompeii/Herculaneum/Stabiae/Vesuvius), sleep in Naples(ish)

Mon 7 – Naples (Pompeii/Herculaneum/Stabiae/Vesuvius), sleep on boat to Palermo?

 

Tue 8 – Sicily, sleep in Sicily

Wed 9 – Sicily, sleep in Sicily

Thu 10 – Sicily, fly from Palermo to Athens 4.35om, Athens, sleep in Athens

 

Have to skip Naples itself and Sorento and the Amalfi coast, but that’s a holiday sometime. And no Pisa and Sicily squeezed, but not bad plan.  Right, gotta book a ferry. … Ferry booked, overnight on the 7th.  Only have “deck space” not a private berth, don’t know if that means sleeping on the deck or a cot or sth… we’ll see.  .  And Rome accom booked too, a little out of the way but not in the really shady part of town.  An additional 17 euros over five nights well spent, judging by comparative reviews for the place I’m staying and the place I nearly stayed 🙂

This is helpful: rometoolkit.com