Casa Alma Praiano

Nous avons pris l'autobus publique pour atteindre le sommet du vesus, le volcan n'a pas tellement a offrir, mais la vue sur la bay est vraiment belle. Ensuite, nous avons visités les ruines d'Herculaneom. Une autre ville disparue sous l'eruption du vesus il y a pres de 2000 ans. il y a encore beaucoup de travail d'archeologie en cours, mais on peut voir que la ville est meiux conserver, il y a meme des batiments de 2 et 3 etages et des pieces de bois qui ont traversé le temps !

... TravelPod" is a complete pain in the a@$ to use. For our 2010 "Radical Sabbatical" trip to Asia, I'm switching to another web service.

But, I've promised myself that I'll update this blog before we leave Naples...

Ola Kala: simply, OK (in Greek). No time for lots of flap.....we're on the go. The Vatican Museums await us (and we can hardly wait to do more walking!). Enjoy the pictures and we'll fill you in on the adventure next time I make the time to sit and gab.

We're still having a grand time!!!!!

apres toutes ces belles villes d'italie, voici naples: l'afreuse! On pourrait aussi dire bienvenue a Verdun en Italie! Ici, la ville est sale, les ruessont ornés d'une grande quantité de déchest et aussi bondées de vendeur itinérants qui fuient des que les patrouilles d'immigrations arrivent!

il y a quand meme quelque beau quartier plus propres et plus tranquille, mais cela passe presque inapperçu! Nous avons visiter la place centrale, une ...

... half of the ruins, but saw some really amzing stuff.
Pity we couldn't get into the large arena as it was blocked off and looked really impressive from what we could see from the outside.

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Saturday went to the Sotterranea catacombs and the ancient Greek Roman theatre ruins, Walked up to Castle Elmo for my panorama shot of Naples and the sea.


Sunday caught the train out to Pompei which was ginormous!
I think we only saw about half of the ruins, but saw some really amazing stuff.
Pity we couldn't get into the large arena as it was blocked off and looked really impressive from what we could see from the outside.

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Another unusual thing on our patio was the strangely beautiful hibiscus plant with its unusual gray blooms. I have seen many, many hibiscus plants all over the world and even had some at our place in the Bahamas. However, I have never ever seen one that produced gray blooms

We did not have a car here and decided to learn how to use the local bus service to make our getting around a bit easier. During our first attempt to use the bus we made the decision to ...

... not as tall as I thought it would be though, so the climb was easy, but I spent a good bit of time on the top enjoying the views. A few times along the way up I felt a little dizzy because you are walking up the spiral staircase and there is that lean too! Because it was Sunday I got to go into the Cathedral for free. I love going into churches in Europe. They are so big and majestic. You feel the power of the building the ...

... I am mistaken for an Italian. I guess the only other eventful thing to report is that when you're pretty much the only girl in town (a very small town at that) it can get somewhat tiresome fending off all the propositions. I can't even tell you how many I had. Day 3: Again, back down to the beach. On the way down the steps I passed by two guys coming up, and one says "hey, you're from Oregon!" Damn, I'm feeling like a local celebrity here...it ...

... think I was trying to steal it. When I returned it she graciously said "Thank you" in English (I thought it was a bummer that she clearly knew I wasn't Italian) and I sheepishly muttered "Prego". It was my first non-commercial interaction with an Italian. Meanwhile, Lorenzo (a young boy whose name we learned because his mother kept shouting it whenever he did something of questionable ...