La Perla Praiano

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 ...

... half of the ruins, but saw some really amzing stuff.
Pity we couldn't get into the large arena as it was blocked off and looked really impressive from what we could see from the outside.

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Saturday went to the Sotterranea catacombs and the ancient Greek Roman theatre ruins, Walked up to Castle Elmo for my panorama shot of Naples and the sea.


Sunday caught the train out to Pompei which was ginormous!
I think we only saw about half of the ruins, but saw some really amazing stuff.
Pity we couldn't get into the large arena as it was blocked off and looked really impressive from what we could see from the outside.

... look at life of the Roman times. It is a large town with many streets where you can walk and see the amazingly well preserved businesses and homes just as they were 2000 years ago. Many still have frescoes preserved on the walls and even shop signs and graffiti from the time are all still visible. It was hot and crowded but there is nothing like Pompeii if you are into history and seeing an almost perfectly preserved ancient town.

Another day we took Rob and Tyler to ...

... where I am, in the middle). It winds around the edges of the cliffs impossibly allowing for 2-way traffic. Beware if you are prone to motion sickness as it is one incredible ride, but just bring along the Dramamine and hold on! It's worth it! On Wednesday I got up in the morning and took my first trip on a SITA bus along the winding road that seemed much more manageable the day before when Luigi picked me up from Sant'Agnello in his ...

... from the case. It is just as beautiful and quaint and quiet as I remembered (although there are more tourists here now than just three weeks ago). Once again, the kicker for me has been the people. In just a few short hours here, I've already seen nearly all the people I met last time around. What is it about these people? Everyone remembers me, welcomes me back, and seems genuinely excited to see me. I was even told, "I've missed your ...

The drive in was nightmarish. First the narrow wreck lines 'streets' of a 3rd world nation, and then into a snaking climb on eaqually narrow streets. The only time we stopped to look at the view, we found that the lookout was also a rubbish dump (which we have come to expect from Italy). When we arrived, my stress levels had reached a high that I thought was unattainable. Note, that after quizzing the hotel staff, they ...