Grand Salerno

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!!!!!

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 ...

on quitte orvieto pour se rendre a
naples. Le train a 30 min de retard et une fois monter a bord, le
retard s'accumule. On a passer la journee dans le train et on est
arrive a naples avec plus d'une heures de retard. Ce n'est pas
tellement grave, il a plue presque tout la journee. Enfin a notre
Naples, Campania, Italy frdrick

OK, so we're living on an Olive Farm for a while now.
Bohemian? Yes
Practical? Only when its sunny and only when its not olive picking season.
So what season is it now? Olive picking and its raining.

Welcome to our own little corner of Glastonbury

... park a smart car. And nobody got parking tickets.

Our first bus tour, on the red bus, began at the Castel Nuovo and headed north to the Museo de Campodimonte passing the Fontana in via Medina, Convitto Nationale (National School in Naples), Basilica de Santa Maria della Sanita and the Church of Madre del Buon Consiglio along the way.

Returning to the bus terminal, we ...

... see tons of old artifacts, including the Sistine Chapel with Michaelangelo's beautiful paintings.

After the museum we got some gelatto (Ryan had blueberry/chocolate/muffin flavor, and Amanda had strawberry). SO GOOD!!!

We took the shuttle back to the camp to gather our bags.

Hoped on a bus to take us to the metro station, got on the underground into the central station, and ...

... like that. The guys who sell their stuff on the streets and in squares are from a different part of the world, from Africa. The guys in Rome and Florence look like they are from India or somewhere like that. Its exciting to be here, I want to go explore the coast and take lots of day trips to places like Capri, etc. Thanks for your comments everyone, that was funny Val. Haha. Ben

... terrific cook my host mother was. Then I confessed that I had gained 2 kilos in my first week in the house. The woman laughed and a few minutes later Pino, at the other end of the table, heard. "Emily, é vero?" He didn't believe it was true. I nodded my red face with stuffed cheeks. "Tomorrow you will run with me," he commanded. I laughed, but quickly, I had a full fork and an empty mouth. He is such a kidder. At breakfast the next morning, in place of my usual chocolate filled ...