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DOUG’S RETIREMENT TRAVEL BLOG
65: time to hit the road
I retired. Twice. The first time in 2022, without Leslie; the second time in 2024, with her. Maybe this time it’ll stick.
Several discreet trips; each is a category. You can select one below to see it specifically, or just walk through. They're in reverse chronological order.
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2025 April 25: Minori to Ravello
Long hike, maybe as much vertical as horizontal. Minori (on the coast) to Ravello (1200 ft up) for lunch, & back. The way up: Ravello:...
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Apr 281 min read
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Apr 280 min read
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2025 April 23: Herculaneum
2 hour scoot over the mountain and through Castellammare to Herculaneum - a Roman city buried in the eruption of Mt Vesuvius in 79ad....
dougbergh
Apr 281 min read
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2025 April 22: a day at the beach
Nice day, new swimsuit, we head for the beach. But first our daily stop at the Agerola/Amalfi/Positano crossroads for macchiato. This...
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Apr 281 min read
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2025 April 21: Sorrento
Scooted to Sorrento. From here you can get there through Positano on the south coast, or over the mountain to Castellammare an along the...
dougbergh
Apr 271 min read
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2025 April 20: La Valle Delle Ferriere
Long, strenuous hike from home to a waterfall, then on to Amalfi, from which we took a bus back. BTW I have switched from Strava to...
dougbergh
Apr 251 min read
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2025 April 19: Atrani & Ravello
Scoot down the hill to the lesser-known town next to Amalfi, Atrani: Then up to the better-known town of Ravello: Back home in San Lazaro...
dougbergh
Apr 251 min read
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2025 April 18: potg, good friday
Did the whole path of the gods enchilada this AM, Agerola to Nocelle. Started at 10, returned at 2: Afternoon from the terrace: The town...
dougbergh
Apr 201 min read
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2025 April 14-17: Agerola, Positano
14thAM AllTrails hike into the woods behind San Lazzaro: Typical farm work truck in town: 15th stuck around San Lazzaro. Hike to...
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Apr 201 min read
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2025 April 13: Praiano
Stuck around San Lazzaro in the AM, hike down the cliff a ways: Tea on the piazza: Then down the cliff to the sea on the scooter. Stopped...
dougbergh
Apr 171 min read
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2025 April 12: Agerola
Stayed close to home today. Morning from the courtyard: Couple hour hike down the mountain from the path of the gods endpoint: The cafe...
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Apr 151 min read
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2025 April 11: Amalfi
Scooted down the mountain to the town of Amalfi, on the coast. Between 30 and 45 minutes each way. Crowded on a Friday, took a while to...
dougbergh
Apr 131 min read
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2025 April 10: Path of the gods
A short scooter ride from us is the trailhead of the Path of the gods. Maybe the premier hiking path of the coast. We hiked the first...
dougbergh
Apr 121 min read
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2025 April 8,9: Agerola
We have arrived on the Amalfi Coast. Actually a small community in a valley 600m (2000') up a 1000m bluff that runs the approx. 50 mile...
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Apr 112 min read
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2025 April 7: travel to Salerno
8 hour bus to Salerno; 9:30 AM to 5:30PM, including a ferry crossing from Messina, on Sicily, to mainland Calabria, Italy: Nice pizza &...
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Apr 91 min read
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2025 April 5,6: last Catania w/e
Leaving Sicily Monday AM. Saturday 5th: This is the original facade of the Catania Cathedral, built in the 11th century. The cathedral...
dougbergh
Apr 91 min read
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2025 April 4: Catania
Bought clams and garlic from these guys at the fish market in the AM, more on that later.. Toured Teatro Massimo Bellini, said to have...
dougbergh
Apr 61 min read
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2025 April 3: Taormina
We returned to Taormina today. Taormina has a main section up on the mountain, and a smaller section at sea-level. From Catania, the bus...
dougbergh
Apr 61 min read
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2025 April 1,2: Catania
Stayed in town for 2 days. It was a turning point: having been unimpressed the first day, then feeling better, then spending some time...
dougbergh
Apr 51 min read
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2025 March 31: Siracusa
Took the bus to Siracusa. Just over an hour to get there. The city is in 2 parts: the mainland and the island of Ortigia: On Ortigia....
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Apr 11 min read
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