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Travel Blogs from Pozzuoli
1151. Searching for Roman Ruins (Italy 128)
Day 063: 3 hours, 5.0 kms
A bit further up the road is Nocera Superiore—and here I veer off on a wild goose chase following a sign to some Roman ruins, only to follow a twisting lane up along the perimeter of the town, past farm estates and ugly abandoned homes… but no Roman ruins… Finally I give up and head back, looking for the heart of the town. ...
1150. Rail Junction Town (Italy 127)
... behind me for a strum session, then on through the town… past its respectable old City Hall and spacious plaza… past some high rise apartment buildings—something I haven't seen in a while. It’s almost comforting to see some urban life when it felt like I was getting farther and farther from ...
1149. A Friendly Audience (Italy 126)
Day 063: 2 hours, 3.0 kms
Pagani is a large, fully alive town. Here I decide to check out the Nativity Scene Competition—which apparently is serious business here in this region. People compete to create the most beautiful, detailed Nativity scene, many of which are actually medieval village scenes, with scores of miniature characters, blacksmiths, tailors, ...
Finally in Italy!!!
It's Wednesday afternoon as I write this. My clock is all messed up mainly because of flying all night. My trip to Charlotte from Roanoke was quick and I even got there early. Mom and Patty were late leaving Asheville and Sherrie was delayed leaving Orlando. Turned out we all got there within about 10 minutes of each other...
The flights went without a hitch, ...
Pompeii then views, views, views!
... restaurant which actually turned out to be very good. Our food was fabulous, Witek had a gnocchi and I had the house specialty of Sea Bass and both were delicious. We spent a great night talking and eating and drinking before going for a brief wander through the streets of Sorrento. It was kind of a festival atmosphere there with lots of tourists walking around and street performers everywhere. Witek and I left the group to it eventually though and went off to bed for a reasonably early ...