The Trip So Far

Now that the kids are home and getting ready to go to camp, it seems like a good point to summarize our trip so far. Over a couple of weeks, the destinations add up.

Picking the highlights from any trip is a very personal thing. Here's my list from the family portion of the trip.

Favorite city:  Locarno
Favorite activity:  The telepherique up Mont Brevent in Chamonix
Best meal:  Choucroute de la mer at Bofinger in Paris
Best appetizer:  Marinated anchovies at Trattoria San Gennaro in Praiano
Best value:  Our meal at La Piccola Cuccagna in Rome
Best drink:  Grappa at Fattoria Castelvecchi in Tuscany

And, with a different selection of categories, my wife Martha's list.

Best meal:  Scallops with bacon and potato at Bofinger
Best primo piatto:  Scialatielli with shrimp and lemon cream sauce at Pupetto in Positano
Best drink:  Meloncello
Best day:  The beach at our hotel in Praiano
Best ritual:  Morning outing to the boulangerie in Paris