Continental Terme Ischia

We are now booked to stay at Ulisse Deluxe Hostel for one week... is "deluxe hostel" an oxymoron?
Looking for some tips for what to do here... Capri? Amalfi? Positano? Anyone been and have firsthand knowledge?

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...

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 ...

... ne sont pas tres
acceuillant, en tout cas, ils ont souvent l'air bete. Ils sont peu
nombreux a parler et ou comprendre autre chose que l'italien. Ils
n'ont aucun sens du civisme, cela viens probablement de leur
egocentricite. Je dois dire que depuis le debut de notre voyage, nous
ne sommes pas impressione par leur comportements!

... umbrella and raincoat got soaked through to our underwear! Next day it rained hard too but did not mind a lazy day with no sightseeing. The city of Naples has a few nice areas but is a really dirty city and one day of sightseeing was plenty. Seeing Naples and Mt. Vesuvius from a distance is the best way to see them but south of Naples and the Almafi coast is not to be missed.

... cross and then followed them.

The CitySightseeing buses were a great way to view the city in a short period of time. As the bus navigated around the city streets, we noticed that the car of choice was the smart car. Good thing! I could not imagine driving anything larger in this city! Parking was a premium everywhere! Anywhere you could find enough space the size of a throw rug, you ...

He says: So today we say goodbye to Ischia... Sigh... I would love to come back, but part of me is also scared that if we leave it too long the place will just become another Capri... It is so close and charming that it can't remain undiscovered for too much longer. Outside of Ischia Porto the island is relatively untouched by tourism and the place just felt right, it was so relaxed, genuine and friendly. We were there 7 nights but it really ...

... to decompress and not necessarily "see it all" as we have had the luxury of doing. So, we hope Fred had a good vacation and appreciate his attempt to travel EuroChalli style. Off to Greece where we will meet the next, very special guest bloggers, Jamie and Bill! Fred Said: As we sailed into Sorrento from Naples, I knew travel day was close to an end. We arrived in this small but bustling resort town and searched for Franco. Sweet Franco was the owner of the B&B we were to stay ...

... cycled into the navy base by mistake. I turned around and cycled out. SOme strange looks, but no one said anything. At the civilian harbour I found a hut saying Grimaldi, the name of the ferry company I'm looking for. It wasn't the ticket office, but a worker told me to follow him and got into his car. He drove off and I sped after him along the port road, containers piled six high either side. I was doing a respectable 25km/hr and I think he drove slow for me. He ...