Hotel Degli Amici Pompei
Plinio, 93-95 Pompei, Campania, 80045, Italy
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Homeward Bound
So today is our last day and we head off early for a marginally better flight home on Thomson than coming. However there is the same palaver with cabin baggage and we had to sit in the coach for an hour before we could check in. But home almost on time and all the luggage arrived and we are in one piece so a good outcome!
Overall we had a wonderful time on our magical mystery cruise. We didn't get to Tripoli or Egypt or Tunisia but we had ...
Ruins of Pompei
... the French traffic, only here there was a much more aggressive driving style. There was a lot more honking, and there was much more urgency and frustration to the type of honking.
People were driving all over the road, they were overtaking on solid white lines, and even on 'double' solid lines. We all laughed at Cindy's rendition of Italian road rules: "Okay people, see that solid white line on the road? That marks out the 'centre' of the ...
Pompei's eruption !!!!
... only because of the ash which fell to about 3metres high and then the lava disintegrated everything else. Spent many hours roaming around, very easy to get lost. Italian's do tourist signage really badly but you sort it it out eventually. An amazing place and very eerie somehow. Enjoyed the experience and was fairly foot sore at the end of the day. We had dinner close to our hotel that night and an early to bed ready for the next leg.
Love from us all.
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Unravelling Naples, or trying and failing
... and, due to a drought of English-language brochures that has been going on since April, we fight our way through a French guidebook that directs us through the main sights of the town.
It is easy to draw contrasts between Pompeii and Naples – wealth and poverty, order and chaos – but it is in the detail where we find the real stories. Excrement flowed freely through the streets of Pompeii, many different gods were worshipped there, and the town’s downfall was ...
Pompeii and Amalfi coast - day 61
Amalfi and Positano are picturesque and quite lovely...probably a haven of beauty and awe for those who don't have seaside beaches as part of their lives, but as usual for aussies it's just 'aaawww cute"...i gave up looking for great beaches outside of australia some years ago
Naples is DODGY! i've heard "be careful in southern italy, it's dangerous" but that's actually quite inaccurate...the reality ...



