Hotel Punta Regina Positano

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...

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 maniac behind the wheel were enough to make you feel nautious. Sophie's parents had rented a villa in the heard of the village, with amazing patios and views of the sea. From Positano we did a couple of day trips to Capri, a small island about a 35 minute ferry ride of the coast and a trip to Pompeii to the ancient Roman ruins ...

... seen many pictures of this road and it is all it is said to be. We wind up, we wind down, the driver honking at each corner (every other second) to signal our approach. Susan holds up well and soon we are there. It is spectacular. The bus lets us off at the top of the hill and we just stroll down. We find a nice spot for lunch (as we had waited so long at the bus stop in Sant Agnello that we are already hungry). Fortified ...

... that you would only imagine possible in a painting. Seeing the display of amazing coloured lights glistening down the sides of the mountains into the sea was like being a child and experienceing your 1st ever fireworks display. Each corner and new town brought out the same "ooohs and ahhhs" as you do when you see a new colourfull firework spectacularly shooting into the sky!

... tomato which in my opinion interfered with the magnificence of the proscuitto. Poisitano also has an attractive church, which is perched on the side of the mountain with a lovely ocean view. I enjoyed just walking around and looking at the old city. We left Poisitano in search of Ravello, which is about halfway back to Salerno. It's the home of a world-famous music and cinema festival. We discovered that although the Garmin is ...

... were much nicer as the sun came out. Read some more of Wilde's stories (Lady Windemere's Fan). Very good .. a bit of a moral lesson. Redemption is a big theme for most of his stories, so far. Good stuff .. I had to finish it that night. It showed that people can change for the better and forgive each other. I found some perfect skipping rocks ... but I couldn't skip a single one! I cracked under the pressure! Lunch today was a ...