Hotel Rivamare 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!

on quitte orvieto pour se rendre a
naples. Le train a 30 min de retard et une fois monter a bord, le
retard s'accumule. On a passer la journee dans le train et on est
arrive a naples avec plus d'une heures de retard. Ce n'est pas
tellement grave, il a plue presque tout la journee. Enfin a notre
Naples, Campania, Italy frdrick

... so far.
Naples is not a nice city, but it's a cool city. Venice, Florence, Verona are all nice, but once you've seen the sights, there isn't much else to them.

Walking around the Spaccanapoli district saw some really cool stalls and shops - some that looked like they had been there for ages and not changed much at all. Old school book stores with books piled high and seemingly without any order or system, a stretch on San Sebastiano that ...

Stayed in a small town south of Naples (Vico Enquense) which was right on the water (in a rather remote cove). We rented an apartment for the week which was part of a hotel complex. At the beginning of our trip, we met Tony (from Jersey City) who was from Vico and told us where to get the best pizza and his wife was from Sorrento (which is just south of Vico) so we had some ...

... 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 ...

... the most fun days that we have had so far, although, very dangerous. Driving around this island is like being on an illegal racetrack. You can pass anybody at any time, around corners, drive on the left side of the road, run red lights, what ever you want you can do, it was a blast. After only about 5 minutes of leaving our hostel to head out around the island, Eric got a little cocky and tried to pass some other guy on a scooter and ended up ...

... we found it...about 15 minutes later and the driver wasn't the happiest person. We finally were on our way in this tiny van with 8 girls when Deb started to have a hot flash (not really but it was roasting in the van) and she thought it would be a good idea to roll down the window. Well she didn't roll down the window instead she opened the door and poor ashley almost fell out. It was kind of funny at the time..esp after the drama. So we arrive at the restaurant just in time for ...