Travel: Experiencing Italy’s coast requires some footwork

Steps.
Up and down canals, up and down ancient hiking trails, up and down vertical towns … steps.
Thousands, maybe a million steps, were not what envisioned when I mapped out a cross-country trip to the picturesque coasts of Italy this summer. I flew into Rome and spent a few days exploring the capital, the Renaissance city of Florence and even took funny pictures by the Leaning Tower of Pisa, all with ease. I expected an even more chill time at the three coastal regions I would visit &md