Ciao Italia 2013!

Finally finally returning to Italy this summer!  Mom has decided to come with me so there will probably be more responsible behavior than in trips past, but being that I'm not 22 anymore that is not a bad thing. Our plan is to hop a train to Naples the day we arrive and spend a night or two eating pizza and maybe visiting the town my family is from, then heading to Amalfi for awhile before going to Tuscany for our week long cooking school!!!!!!  It is this part of the trip I am pee my pants excited about. According to the school we cook, we drink, we drink, we cook, we dance, we drink, we cook, we drink. Get the picture? On the half days we aren't having cooking lessons we are going on little excursions to other hill towns in Tuscany and we will spend a whole day touring wine cellars.

Here is the run down at the moment:
06/29 Napoli
6/30 -6/05 Amalfi
6/05 Roma
6/06 - 6/13 Seriano Cooking School
   Sat - arrival and dinner in a converted monastery
   Sun - 5 course cooking class and a trip to Pitigliano, dinner in Seriano
   Mon -  Montelcino (Brunello tasting), Pienza (cheese tasting),
                Montepulciano (wine)    
   Tues - 5 course cooking class then dinner in Viterbo
   Wed -  Assisi and Deruta
   Thurs -  An olive mill and winery, The Dying City, and Limoncello,
                  Gelato & Biscotti,  Ricotta Cheese making class.
   Fri -  market day in Soriano, Orvieto, and pizza making class
   Sat - Home :-(