Villa al Parco Hotel
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Rome to Sorrento
We took a taxi from the apartment to the airport where we picked up a Ford Fiesta (with an automatic!) - a mid-sized vehicle here. Driving in Italy is a real life video game. We took the autoroute to Sorrento and the twisty coastal roads with switchbacks to our hotel - the Villa Firorita. There is no restaurant at the hotel but the restaurant provides a shuttle. We are off to Capri ...
1142. Sunshine and Holiday Cheer (Italy 119)
... since it’s Christmas Eve. So I grab a train to Castellamare further down the coast, figuring I can backtrack from there to my stopping point.
In Castellamare, the sun is shining and people are out and about, and there’s a festive spirit in the air. The beach is full of trash—clearly not an area catering to tourists, but still quite nice to see people outside en masse, something you ...
1140. A Disaster in the Making (Italy 117)
... and enjoy a good nights sleep in a warm bed. No trudging around carrying all my gear with me… no pestering worries "where am I going to stay the night tonight?" This almost feels like a beginners adventure—not the adventure of a hardened adventure as myself.
But then again, after Egypt pushed me to my breaking point last fall, I'm quite happy to do an “easy” trip and pamper myself a bit for a change. I suppose maybe ...
1139. Back down the Mountain (Italy 116)
... Vesuvius!
Finally, well into the evening after a number of miles of rolling hills, I find a road heading south into Torre del Greco, where I quickly reward myself with a delicious pizza, straight out of the wood oven. It turns out that pizzas are very delicious and very cheap here in Napoli—as little as 2 Euros… as long as you order them “to go”… So what I do is order a takeout pizza, and than rush to find ...
1138. Reach Vesuvius—or Perish in the Undert
... camera so it doesn’t get blown over by the fierce wind.
Now the city of Napoli is lost from sight as I hike up the icy road through a valley, past rugged cliffs on the other side, and lava fields below Here you would never guess that you’re in the middle of an urban zone of 3 million people—it feels like the middle of nowhere. But I’m not alone. Another man is hike up this icy stretch too… and he’s about ...