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Sorrento - Not The One Near Portsea....
The joy of travelling long term without a specific agenda is that you can change your mind on a whim. The Cosa Nostra are heading south today, all the way to the front part of the ankle of the boot of Italy to Sorrento. I have enjoyed the company of familiarity so I have decided to hop aboard and head down myself. It is a big travel day. An initial …
Sorrento
We left for Sorrento on Thursday night by train to Naples, and then about an hour bus ride to Sorrento. We got in at about 11 and just went to bed. The next morning we were scheduled to leave for Mt. Vesuvius at 1 in the afternoon so we had some time to walk around the town a bit. We walked to a few good lookout points where you could see the …
Mt. Vesuvius
We ended up leaving really late to Mt. Vesuvius and it took about an hour to get there so we arrived around 2:45 or 3. We drove up most of the mountain, pretty much to the tree line, and then walked about 30 minutes towards the top of the crater. On the way up on the bus along the road, there were some statues that I think we carved from volcanic …
Capri
On Saturday we left for the island of Capri, which was about a half hour on a ferry. Once we got to the island, we immediately hopped on another boat to take us on a tour around the island and to see the entrance to the Blue Grotto. The tour was awesome; we were taken to some of the caves around the island and through the famous rocks around …
Ashes to Ashes, Lust to Dust
... of which he speaks. We see no accidents but we wonder why.
We hear of everything under the sun from Claudio as we drive towards Pompeii. He discusses Italian quisine telling us that Margherita Pizza is so named because a local chef wanted to create a special dish to honor Italy’s first queen, Queen Margherita, so he created a pizza with basil, mozzarella and tomato sauce to mimic the colors of Italy: green, white and red. Voila.
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