Table of Contents

Cover

Act 1 - Getting There

• Prelude
• About This Book
• Scene 1 - Exit
• Scene 2 - Who's That Lady?
• Scene 3 - Capri
• Scene 4 - First Contact
• Scene 5 - Pompeii
• Scene 6 - The Rollercoaster Begins
• Scene 7 - The Bay of Napoli (Naples)
• Scene 8 - Preparing For The Journey
• Scene 9 - Introduction to Roma (Rome)
  • Roma - St. Peters, Piazza Navona, Fontana di Trevi, & More
  • Roma - Colosseo & Anicent Roma
  • Roma - The Vatican Museum and St. Peters
  • Food and Mania

Act 2 - Being There

• Scene 1 - Roma Wrap-Up
• Scene 2 - Hadrian's Villa, on to Cortona
• Scene 3 - Life in Cortona
• Scene 4 - More on Cortona and Italia
• Scene 5 - July 4 in Cortona, Pigeons
• Scene 6 - Siena, San Gimignano
• Scene 7 - Mel's Praha (Prague) tale, Orvieto
• Scene 8 - Three is Company Too
• Scene 9 - Femme Fatale
• Scene 10 - Firenze (Florence)
• Scene 11 - Back to Cortona
• Scene 12 - Lake Trasimeno
• Scene 13 - Missing the Umbrian Jazz Fest
• Scene 14 - Back to Firenze
  • Santa Croce
  • The Duomo
• Scene 15 - The Olypmics From Cortona
• Scene 16 - A Night At The Opera
• Scene 17 - Beth and Rocky
• Scene 18 - Rollercoaster Week Begins
• Scene 19 - A Day at the Races
• Scene 20 - Last Day in Cortona
• Scene 21 - One Last Taste of Firenze
• Scene 22 - Venezia (Venice)

Act 3 - Getting Back

• Scene 1 - On to Amsterdam
• Scene 2 - Paying For It
• Scene 3 - KØbenhavn (Copenhagen)
• Scene 4 - The End of the Dream Vacation
• Scene 5 - Heather Returns
• Scene 6 - Dinner
• Scene 7 - Letters
• Scene 8 - Letters
• Scene 9 - Pictures to Prove It
• Prolog

"Oh, hold on; there's plenty of pain here - but it don't kill. There's plenty of suffering here, but it don't last. You see, happiness ain't a THING IN ITSELF - it's only a CONTRAST with something that ain't pleasant. That's all it is. There ain't a thing you can mention that is happiness in its own self - it's only so by contrast with the other thing. And so, as soon as the novelty is over and the force of the contrast dulled, it ain't happiness any longer, and you have to get something fresh. Well, there's plenty of pain and suffering in heaven - consequently there's plenty of contrasts, and just no end of happiness."
Mark Twain, from Extract From Captain Stormfield’s Visit to Heaven