A Pocketful of Light 13 Days in the World's First Tourist Destination eBook Jan Stafford Kellis
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Culture. Couture. Cuisine.
Italy has it all and she’s willing to share. Explore the world’s original tourist destination with this thoroughly researched and enjoyed trip of a lifetime. Share this delightful Italian adventure as Jan and her daughter meet old friends, make new ones and discover the myriad ways travel can expand and improve relationships and change the way we see the world. Incorporating the traditional triumvirate (Venice-Florence-Rome) with Tuscany and the Amalfi Coast, their trip is a perfect blend of urban and rural Italy.
A Pocketful of Light features the Fibonacci Sequence, a few non-painful history lessons and some funky Italian phrases as well as the friendly recounting of two travelers exploring the second greatest country in the world.
Warning Reading this book may cause an irresistible urge to travel to Italy.
We asked the author
What inspired you to write about your trip to Italy?
Italy has always fascinated me the food, the fashion, the culture, the history. Writing about our whole experience provided a method to remember the sights and sounds, and to share the lessons and tips we learned with others who are interested in traveling to Italy. When my sixteen-year-old daughter announced that she didn’t want to go to Italy, and didn’t want to be away from home that long, my first (secret) thought was, ‘the added controversy will be perfect for the book!’
The preparation and planning were all-consuming—I spent eighteen months envisioning the trip, adding sights to our itinerary, then removing them again, finding restaurants and hotels, making reservations, etc. I even contacted our friend Siw, from Oslo, Norway, who lived with us for a year in the mir-eighties as part of a foreign exchange student program. We hadn’t seen each other in twenty-five years, so part of the trip was a mini family reunion. If my book can save another traveler some planning time, or help them think of a detail they hadn’t thought of before, then I’m happy.
The finished product provides budget information, itinerary ideas, resources, and a recipe for Puttanesca along with an easy-reading story about our trip. My daughter has read the book several times, and she promised me next time I take her to Europe, she won’t say she wants to go home every day.
Do you have one favorite tip for travelers?
When you’re traveling to a foreign country, especially if you don’t speak the language, the pocket itinerary cheat sheet is invaluable. When we landed in Venice, the airport itself was a bit overwhelming. I’d thought I was ready for the Italian language, having practiced and learned some rudimentary vocabulary, but the first time we asked someone for directions and they blasted us with rapid-fire Italian, I had to ask them to repeat themselves three times. My pocket itinerary cheat sheet contained lists of basic directions to and from each hotel along our circuit, so when we landed at an airport or train station, we’d know exactly which direction to go next. When leaving the hotel a few days later, we’d know where to check the schedules, where to board the plane or train, and the fastest way to get there. Taking the time to figure all of this out from home saved us tons of stress and time during the vacation.
Will you travel to Italy again?
I hope so! It was meant to be a once-in-a-lifetime trip, but it's definitely worth a second visit. I still have a list of places we didn't have time to visit the first time around.
Ciao!
A Pocketful of Light 13 Days in the World's First Tourist Destination eBook Jan Stafford Kellis
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I really enjoyed reading about Jan and her daughter's trip to Italy. The descriptions of their trip were very vivid. I felt like I was traveling with them. Jan's vocabulary is very broad and she is a great author.
A Pocketful of Light is a charming look at Jan Kellis's Italian trip with her teenage daughter, Stephanie. I recommend it for anyone contemplating a European trip with a teen or young adult offspring. Kellis's attention to detail in her planning will help travelers anticipate and prepare for minor irritations. While it won't replace a traditional guidebook, it might just make reluctant parents realize that such a trek is possible even without a substantial budget.
Starting in Venice, Kellis captures the reader with her honest reactions "Immediately overwhelming. Chaotic, confusing, and, well, foreign. My first impressions of Venezia were compromised by one of my best assets, my self-confidence. . ." Here Kellis shows how so many of us, especially Americans, feel when we're first in a new place then she guides us in ways to overcome our fears. The rest of the journey through Tuscany, the Amalfi Coast, Florence and Rome is informative and entertaining.
Read this book to decide if you might like to travel with your child and to enjoy tagging along with a typical American family as they share their journey.
When I read that the author had written a book about an Italian vacation with her daughter, I assumed that the book would be a non-fiction coming-of-age story, or a mother-daughter relationship story. This is not the case (there's no plot). The book is in fact the recounting of a two-week vacation to Italy, city-by-city. Ms. Kellis starts in the North, in Venice, and moves south to Siena/Tuscany, Amalfi, Positano, Naples and Rome. The book reminded me of a pre-internet age, when you would wait at the mailbox to read lengthy letters from loved ones about the experiences they were having overseas. Ms. Kellis was very excited about her two-week vacation, and researched every detail for months beforehand, frequently putting her faith in the popular Rick Steves set of travel guides. If you like Rick Steves, you'll like this book. Some details include hotel/food/souvenir pricing, the highs and lows of Italian train travel, adventures with sometimes snobby hotel staff, meetings with other fellow travelers, and commonly heard Italian phrases. Ms. Kellis and her daughter shrewdly notice how to avoid restaurant scams, like when they notice that their uneaten rolls get reused, or their pasta gets microwaved. Ms. Kellis takes you to Harry's Bar, where the Bellini was invented, to Pompeii, to the Amalfi coast. This book is an easy read, at 156 pages it goes fast, also because with so many cities and two flights in about two weeks, the vacation itself moved quickly (I estimate that the Ms. Kellis and her daughter did a new city every 2-3 days). The book also has an index at the end with useful phrases, a recipe, and a summation of the highs and lows of an Italian vacation for future visitors.
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