Hotel Carosello Salerno

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?

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!!!!!

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

Sorry I've been delayed in posting this entry. I had tons of photos and a serious case of procrastination. But, the great thing about travelpod is that I can back-date posts. So in reality, it's YOU that is delayed in viewing the post. What have you been doing the last few days? Sheesh. Unbelievable. Heehee.

Okay, on to Pompeii.

I decided to stay in Sorrento because I wanted to be close enough to all the Amalfi Coast ...

Tomorrow morning we catch a train for Sorrento. We will be there for 4 nights. We will take day trip to Amalfi, but we will not be staying at the hotel there. Joe and I decided that our stay on the Amalfi coast will be more enjoyable if we do not change hotels , so we extended our stay at the hotel in Sorrento, and cancelled the one in Amalfi. Just wanted to let everyone know in case you needed to reach us.

From Rome we headed south to Positano. Once in Sorento we hired a cab to take us the rest away the way, along a very narrow winding road about 150 meters above the sea. For this driver the lines dividing the highway were merely suggestions and blind corners ************cern. The views were spectacular, however the cliff edge road ...

... is overdue to erupt again, and once again people live in Pompeii without a care. I wonder what they would do about the old city if it did errupt again? Re-excavate?
We zoomed back down and I caught the train to Sorrento, with some minor confusion with changing trains.
I am sick and tired of stretching my bladder because I either have to pay to use the toilet or because they're in such a state that I might catch gonorrhea or something. I just couldn't brave the squatters ...

Fair warning: The following entry might sound more like an advertisement than a blog post. I know I've been raving about almost every place I've visited in Italy so far, but trust me on this one — if you are ever in Italy, you MUST visit Sorrento, Capri, and the Amalfi Coast.

Our journey from Florence to Naples on the EuroStar train went smoothly; the challenge was getting from Naples to Sorrento. The local train (called the Circumsuviana ...

... had become lodged in my shorts and underclothes. What was important was that I did stop. At which point I reassessed the situation and found that I couldn't go up or down. My only choice was to jump from the ledge to the road, about 12 feet down. The trick was that I would land on a mountain road without a shoulder, right after a curve, on a stretch with lots of semis. No, I am not making a word of this up. So I prayed that no cops came around the corner, waited for some large ...

... that time was for us. It was a break from the constant slow travel of the boat, and for me especially, it was an eye opener. You see, the only foreign travel I'd done before this trip was in Canada and a few hours in Mexico... I am amazed at the sights and sounds of Italy and certainly would hope to return some day to visit some other places in this wonderful country.