Parco Aurora Ischia
Via F d'Avalos 17, Ischia Porto Ischia, Ischia, Campania, 80077, Italy
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Homeward Bound
... Alex kept our glasses filled and Vijay looked after us (and Bertie our ursine travelling companion ) very well indeed.
Suzanne and Pablo were great Ents officers and very good on the quizzes, too many clever folk on board though we didn't win a thing!
Bruce Morrison and Petra the Classical pianist were standouts in the entertainment which we attended more than usual.
So another fabulous cruise, nearly time for the next ...
Unravelling Naples, or trying and failing
... return to their homeland. Many, if not most, have their own or a family home in Naples where they return every weekend.
There are many people who still live and die in overcrowded apartments, and the Comorra – the Mafia families – still control huge swathes of the city. “Yeah, there’s one,” declares Helen, as she points to a well-heeled middle-aged man with a thick gold chain around his neck and a quietly confident, wheeler-dealer ethos. ...
Amalfi Coast Part 3
... for because it was so overwhelming and I wouldn't have gotten all of the information by myself. Along with Herculaneum, Pompeii was destroyed when Mt. Vesuvius erupted for four days and four nights in 79 A.D. The eruption buried Pompeii under 4 to 6 meters of ash and pumice and it was lost for over 1700 years before its accidental rediscovery in 1749. By coincidence it was the day after Vulcanalia, the festival of the Roman god of fire. The city was a lot bigger than I had ...
Climbing to the “craters edge”
Climbing to the “craters edge” of the most dangerous Volcano on the planet...
I was thinking “DANGER” should be my middle name while on the bus trip before climbing to the craters edge of Mt Vesuvius and heading onto Pompei for a tour. Well, I may have been mislead and it appears I will have to drop my middle name now, because as we arrived we were passed by hundreds of tourists coming ...
Ashes to Ashes
Ciao! Click on the first photo to see a video of everyone on the tour at Pompeii!
We're again in the MEC Hotel, chillin' after another four course meal. Firstly, we hope you enjoy the posted video of our messages home and the beautiful scenery in the background. We started the day with an interesting breakfast; chocolate pie, espresso shots and masses of Nutella. This was the beginning of our first proper day in Italy, as donned by many 'the best day yet'. And now ...



