My 30th Birthday

Thanks for all the birthday wishes from my friends. To my surprise, this year my family bought a birthday cake to celebrate my 30th birthday. We didn't do anything for my birthday in recent years. Maybe 30th birthday is more special. My nephew blew the candles out right after we sang the birthday song so I only made a birthday wish - to acquire Le Grand Diplôme of Le Cordon Bleu Paris one day. Probably, like most of my prveious birthday wishes, it won't come true. Anyway, even so, I think I am still a lucky guy to be content with everything I have at the moment. 

Viva L'Italia - Still My Heart's on the Isle of Capri

                                        Isle of Capri, by Al Bowlly
       
It was on a sunny morning we took a hydrofoil to Capri. Blue Italian sky led us to the the island in the Tyrrhenian Sea. I've heard that this is the island of romance. Oh, so it must be beautiful I thought. We were on our way to Capri, yet we didn't know it was really a romantic fantasy.

Viva L'Italia - Heavenly Amalfi Coast

   After a long long drive from Chianti, passing by Rome and Naples and through the mountains, we were finally approaching the Amalfi Coast, the place I wanted to visit most in Italy. It is chosen as 1 of  National Geography's 50 Places of a Lifetime. (Other places in Italy including Tuscany, Venice, and Vatican City) From Italian countrysides to the sea, the whole scenes changed a lot. But there was one thing in common - they were all amazing. (However, I wish the parking fee here could become cheaper.)

Viva L'Italia - Placid Tuscany, Toscana

  Airplane, boat, train, now it was time for car. According to my friends' opinion and internet information, traveling in Tuscany by car is more convenient. Therefore we rented a 7 seater van from HERTZ. I am not familiar with manual transmission vehicles at all. On the contrary, my aunt is one of the best drivers I know. So don't worry, with my aunt's driving skill, a Ford Galaxy, and Garmin GPS, we can go everywhere in Europe.