Back in Siracusa

We got back to very warm Siracusa only 2 hours later than planned! We had a night train from Naples to Siracusa, but with one change over. That change occured at 4 am this morning and today was the first day of a train strike! Yikes! But the station set us up with a bus to a closer destination (catania) from where we caught another train to Siracusa. And believe it or not we are actually pretty well rested! And we were in good spirits the whole time. Perhaps because we knew that we would no longer be walking until our legs couldn't take it anymore! We saw alot in our 11 day tour of Italy. We will add pictures and blogs later, but here was our itinerary. Thursday we had a flight to Milan, spent the night and then the next day walking around Milan, climbed to the top of the Duomo, took an early evening train to Venice. Saw a little bit of Venice on the way to the hostel, the lots of Venice on Saturday, St. Mark's Square and Basillica, the gondolas, the Doge's Palace. Sunday we toured the Correr Museum in Venice and then went to Florence. In Florence we checked into our hotel, ate chinese, toured the city. Monday we took a day trip to Pisa, climbed the tower, toured the duomo and baptistery. Tuesday we spent looking at art! The Uffizi and Accademia in Florence, as well as the beautiful Boboli gardens. On Wednesday morning we rode the train to Rome, saw the Vatican Museum, Colosseum, Pantheon, Roman Forum, and Spanish Steps; spread out through Thursday and Friday of course! Saturday we took a train to Naples and visited Pompeii, an awesome city, then back to Naples. On Sunday we took a ferry to Capri, rode the chairlift to the top of the island and came back to Naples in the evening. We caught the 10pm night train to Siracusa, had a slight schedule change, and now here we are in Siracusa on Monday. I cant believe just a week ago we were preparing to climb the Leaning Tower!! We promise more posts soon! Ciao!