Domus Paola Sorrento

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 !

I am so far behind with this blog. Partly, it's because we have traveled every single month during 2009. There's so much to tell & show that unless I write every week, I'm always several trips behind. The other problem is ...

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!!!!!

Pompeii photos here:
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Sunday caught the train out to Pompei which was ginormous!
I think we only saw ...

... 6 or 7 music stores in 1 block- one of which had guitars, lutes and other stringed instruments dating back to the late 1800's.


Also discovered that the food options in Naples are a lot better than northern Italy with a lot more meat based snacks and fried snacks available to eat whilst wandering the streets.
No wonder northern Italians are so skinny and short - their food options for decent snacks are so limited compared to the south ...

... The oarsman has to hold a chain waiting for the water level to lower for a second before pulling us through. Once inside we get all the hype. It is crystal clear water with a white sand bottom and the effect of the light coming through the cave opening makes the whole place glow blue. It is pitch black with just the blue light of the water - photos do not do it justice it is almost spiritual. We leave and get harassed by the guy because we won't tip him...just paid 30euro for ...

... I'm told you probably wouldn't remember much............We jump in a taxi to find our hotel which is in the Hills of Sorrento, amazing views, gorgeous rooms, and a SWIMMING POOL!!! Wow it's luxury to us!! All hungry we decide to head back into Sorrento to get some tea and show Liz and Ian the sights. We head out to wait for the bus and guess what happens................................ .. PHOTO_ID_L=welcome-the ...

... this one little pizza parlor was packed, so we decided to see what all the fuss was about and were pleasantly surprised. A wonderful dinner of lots of pizza. The next day was devoted to Pompeii. Again we had a late start, but this was fine. Pompeii didn't close until 5pm so we had plenty of time. There is a super convenient train that drops you off right by the entrance and is only 20 min away from sorrento. Even though I have been to Pompeii before I was still ...

... and left through heavily congested traffic, and cars will blind pass around bends on mountain roads at full speed. Every car you see on the street has some sort of ding or dent, but real big accidents are apparently really infrequent. From everyone we talked to, it works because everyone does it the same way. Throwing a tourist in the mix who is used to laws and rules to follow on the road actually causes more accidents because they hesitate, according to the locals.

... where we stayed in bungalows for the weekend. The campground was such a sweet set up. There were four of us living in a little cabin and we had our own kitchen and stove where we could cook if we wanted to. However, being that we were in Napoli and the speciality of the region was pizza, we went into town and had some great pizza. I thoroughly enjoyed Sorrento. It was such a cool place to stay. I didn't realize how happening of a place ...