Hotel Regina Palace Ischia

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?

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...

... aire déserter par les habitants de naples, et puis ensuite on c'est refugier dans le chateau ouvo pemdamt l'orage. nous avons eu un excellent point vue sur le volcan Vesuve. Puis ensuite nous avons visiter le vieux quartier ou les rues tres etroites ne laisse pas entrée les raysons du soleil ! Il y a meme une rue ou l'on ne retrouve que des commerces d'articles de noel. tout pour se refaire une creche ou redecorer l'arbre a chaque année!

... juste a temps pour souper, on peut profiter de la cuisine de
l'auberge pour manger a moindre cout!




Rendu au milieu de notre voyage, voici
quelques constatations sur l'italie. Les restros sont tres cher! Le
vin est probablement l'article le moins cher sur une facture de
restaurant!! ; les italiens et ...

... advice on where to go in the area. Good location to go north (to Naples and Pompeii) and south to Positano and Almafi (which is a hair raising but spectacular drive). We also took the boat to Capri which is a beautiful island and especially loved the Blue Grotto. First time we ran into some rain and we were at Pompeii for about 2 hours before it started raining .. even ...

... cross and then followed them.

The CitySightseeing buses were a great way to view the city in a short period of time. As the bus navigated around the city streets, we noticed that the car of choice was the smart car. Good thing! I could not imagine driving anything larger in this city! Parking was a premium everywhere! Anywhere you could find enough space the size of a throw rug, you ...

Ok, so I know have been really bad about updating this thing, but to tell you the truth, I haven't really done all that much traveling since I've been in Italy. It's actually kinda sad if you think about it since I have been here almost six months now. But n-e-ways. Since I have been here I have been to Rome twice and I spent 4 amazing days in Ischia. Ischia has definetely been my ...

... we would be dropped off and left to hike the remainder of the way (about 30 minutes to the lip of the volcano). A tour guide gave us some history on the bus before we arrived, and although I tried to pay attention when she spoke in English, the A/C and brief relief from the heat knocked me out cold for the 35 minute ride to the top (Chad filled me in on what he got before he also fell asleep). When we arrived, we immediately began our hike up the volcano. It was like ...

... passenger in it sleep through everything. Everyone else must have wondered what the hell I was up to. Two hours later I reassembled my bike outside Trieste station and began the long trek to Estonia. Trieste looks like a nice place to spend some time, but I wanted to get on the road again. Being Sunday everything was closed except an interesting little food and book market in the town centre. I found the signs for Slovenia and followed them up the hillside and out of Italy.