Il Nido Amalfi

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!!!!!

apres toutes ces belles villes d'italie, voici naples: l'afreuse! On pourrait aussi dire bienvenue a Verdun en Italie! Ici, la ville est sale, les ruessont ornés d'une grande quantité de déchest et aussi bondées de vendeur itinérants qui fuient des que les patrouilles d'immigrations arrivent!

il y a quand meme quelque beau quartier plus propres et plus tranquille, mais cela passe presque inapperçu! Nous avons visiter la place centrale, une ...

... ne sont pas tres
acceuillant, en tout cas, ils ont souvent l'air bete. Ils sont peu
nombreux a parler et ou comprendre autre chose que l'italien. Ils
n'ont aucun sens du civisme, cela viens probablement de leur
egocentricite. Je dois dire que depuis le debut de notre voyage, nous
ne sommes pas impressione par leur comportements!

... coastline. 50km of shear rock cliff, with villages perched high up in between crags and ancient terraced farming, abundant with citrus and olive groves. The roads so narrow at times, you could look out the window and see nothing but the sea below us. This trip is not for the faint hearted or those with motion sickness. But if you can deal with the smell of vomit up your nose the reward is truly worth it.

Our fist stop was the town of Amalfi, a ...

... Positano, many people couldn't even board the bus since it was so packed. So we decided to not get off at this stop and just head back to Sorrento rather than have to stand the entire 1 hour bus ride back. I still don't know if we made the right decision given how amazing Positano is supposed to be, but then again, people always say to leave something good for your next trip!

... in their bases and lion-head sculptures for facades, or else man-made steps in the earth where citrus trees and gardens grew, occupied all solid ground. Rocky mountain fingers threatened to fall and flatten, out of the sky above. It was very, very nearly impossible to find a free and unseen place to camp, but in Amalfi town´s heights the bright lights at night formed a big cross on the cemetery, and nearby I scaled a mortar wall and dropped into someone´s ...

... to let go of the exhileration I had felt just moments before, but I was swept up in the drama of the situation. With the help of more sober friends we managed to get back up the stairs and into our beds without anymore trouble. Eef's earlier hysteria subsided and we all gave way to blissful drunken sleep. After all everything always turns out for the best in the end, and what a fabulous night it had been. It was a night to remember. A champagne night. Viva Italia!

I'm re*ding * book *t the moment by * bloke n*med Peter Moore, * self-confessed slob/tr*vel *ddict who bought * 1961 Vesp* scooter on E-B*y, tr*velled to Mil*n to pick it up, then rode the sucker *ll the w*y to Rome, eventu*lly writing *bout the *dventure *nd *ll the ensuing shen*****ns. Vesp*s *re *bsolutely everywhere in It*ly - every wom*n, m*n *nd their respective dog h*s one, *nd r*rely does * second go by without the f*mili*r humming buzz of * Vesp* crusing on by. Well ...