We went to Milwaukee for a wedding this weekend and decided to take the ferry instead of driving all the way around Lake Michigan.
Definitely worth it, saved us a ton of driving and we didn’t have to deal with parking the car and all that nonsense.
The trip takes 2h30 across the narrow point of lake Michigan (80 miles). The return trip took a bit longer due to the high seas.
The lake was quite angry given that it’s already fall. Waves were over 6 feet and the boat was rocking heavily back and forth. The crew was handing out dramamine and ginger chews for the folks that were having some seasickness.
I just got home from vfw. It’s a pinball museum outside Ann Arbor in a former VFW that houses the private collection of Clay Harrell. Over 500 pins across 3 different buildings. The true pinball mecca!
Here’s a selection of the photos I took over the weekend. Click to view larger and see descriptions.
I just got back from a 10-day backpacking trip to Italy and I’d like to share some of the photos I took!
The travel plan was Rome > Venice > Florence > Naples > Pompei/Vesuvius > Capri > Amalfi / Positano.
This is the Roman Forum (with Colosseum in the background) as seen from the Palatine.
Here’s me standing next to the same piece of ancient Rome as I did the last time I visited in 2015. See my github profile for the previous one.
The inside of St. Pete’s basilica. We climbed the 551 steps to the top of it for a crazy view of Rome.
Venice was the next stop. This is the grand canal.
We visited all the main museums in Firenze (aka Florence, but Firenze is far cooler). This is the view from the roof of our hostel.
After arriving in Naples, we headed out to see Vesuvius and the ruins of Pompei. I’m not sure why Pompei has an extra ‘i’ in English, but it only has one in modern-day Italian. Look at the ruts left from the ancient chariots in the basalt stone!
Here see Vesuvius from Pompei’s main square.
We did a tour around the island of Capri. (think Capri pants, Caprese salads, etc). We also took a chairlift to the top of the island for the stunning view. Photos just don’t show the scale and sheer drop from the cliff.
This is the view from our airbnb in Amalfi. It was quite a pain to get to… but it was worth it!
Here’s me and ~supercock789 somewhere along the path of the gods.
What a whirlwind! I’m pretty sure we visited all the major tourist attractions in the cities that we visited. And in quite a short time!
