Albergo Pace Pompei

OK, so we're living on an Olive Farm for a while now.<br>Bohemian? Yes<br>Practical? Only when its sunny and only when its not olive picking season.<br>So what season is it now? Olive picking and its raining.<br><br>Welcome to our own little corner of Glastonbury<br>

... area. Well, since I had been told it existed I went in with more confidence. Indeed. It was the LARGEST seating area of any of the pizza contestants. There was a small area next to the kitchen that was off a small entry way -- hidden from the street. Then upstairs there were at least 4 rooms with simple chairs and tables. Just waiting to be the lucky support of some delicious pizza.<br><br>I ordered the Buffala pizza. Mozzarella di Buffala (HEY! Does that mean from Buffalo milk ...

... the maniac behind the wheel were enough to make you feel nautious. Sophie's parents had rented a villa in the heard of the village, with amazing patios and views of the sea. From Positano we did a couple of day trips to Capri, a small island about a 35 minute ferry ride of the coast and a trip to Pompeii to the ancient Roman ruins ...

... advice on where to go in the area. Good location to go north (to Naples and Pompeii) and south to Positano and Almafi (which is a hair raising but spectacular drive). We also took the boat to Capri which is a beautiful island and especially loved the Blue Grotto. First time we ran into some rain and we were at Pompeii for about 2 hours before it started raining .. even ...

I envisioned Pompeii to look like pictures I&#8217;ve seen of Greece, with the Parthenon and white ruins of broken marble columns - but instead I find crumbling brick walls that remind me of the shabby villages in China that the government is hastily tearing down. By 2:30pm our bus arrives at Pompeii, and we enter the park-like entrance with the tour guide. She hands us each an individual ...

... taking one of those CitySightseeing Buses. The same kind we took in Barcelona where passengers were able to hop on and hop off at any stop. <br><br>We were warned about the traffic in Naples and that caution was needed when crossing any street. Although we thought the traffic hectic, cars had no choice but to yield when groups of people were crossing the street. So, we waited for the locals ...

... Surprisingly, there are several women, which is more than I expected.<br><br> On a comical note, I found out that sliding doors have a random animosity towards me.  When me and two other girls were finding our way to the senato, the bus door closed on me when I was getting out and I was left stranded without a phone or map as the other girls rode away.  Luckily I met up with them a few blocks over.  Then, when we were going through the ...

absolutely unreal. that's what comes to mind when i think about pompei. everything is so immaculately preserved - pots, statues, buildings, painted walls, mosaics, even the last positions of several citizens. it's incredible to think that an entire population could be wiped out, a city completely covered and preserved by incredibly thick ash, and then dug up 2,000 years later in the same condition. apparently it used to be right on the sea which is why ...

... ones dining there. I am still befuddled by this, but it did not interfere with the wonderful time we had eating there. Karli had bruschetta that was out of this world, and Bev had Buffalo mozzarella that was almost as good. My dinner was a pasta from the region of Campania where Pompeii is located called candele (con-DAY-lay) which are very long, hollow pasta tubes, dramatically, the length of candles with a vodka-esque sauce. I also had a glass of the house white. Our bill came ...

... because it was supposed to rain everyday, but we only had rain for us on Sunday.  We had a tour of Pompeii for about two hours where we were shown former sights of houses, shops, brothels, bathhouses, toilets, theaters, bakeries, and a lot more.  We were also able to see casts of people that were caught in the lava flow and died.  When Pompeii was being ...