Babs' Top 10 from Italy and the Western Med

Here are a few of my favorite things:
1) The Donna Leon mystery novels set in Venice, introduced to us by our Swiss friend, Wies Gysi. Takes us right back there!
2) "The Feast of the Maritime Gods" painting by Peter Paul Rubens in the little jewel, the Museo Correale di Terranova, high on a cliff in Sorrento and seeing our ship at anchor far below.
3) The funicular up to Capri's old town and wandering the little tunneled lanes up above the castello.
4) The compass rose tile that I acquired in Amalfi, where sailors first used a compass. It shows both the directions and the prevailing winds, like Scirocco and Mistrale.
5) The Teatro Greco (Greek Theatre) in Taormina, Sicily. What the heck, ALL of Taormina!
6) Bathing in the bubbling sulphur pool and then in the bubbling Mediterranean on the island of Vulcano. Gee, I wonder where all those bubbles are coming from?
7) Dining on the EuroStar rapid train between Rome and Venice.
8) Sailing on the Royal Clipper, whither she wanders.
9) The wisdom of a slower pace, more in tune with Nature.
10) Good friends, good food, good wine, good memories!