In Praise of Doing Nothing

Relax: Rome Wasn’t Built to be Seen in a Day

Most of us who have lived in Italy for a while have had this experience:

A friend of a friend is planning a trip and gets in touch to ask if there’s anything they should add to their week-long itinerary that already includes Rome, Florence, and Venice.

“I’ve got three days in Rome,” they might say. “Should I use one of them to make a day trip to Pompeii?”