Pensione Maria Luisa - Amalfi Coast Positano

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!!!!!

Pompeii photos here:
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Sunday caught the train out to Pompei which was ginormous!
I think we only saw ...

... to Naples was really nice, passing through seemingly endless seas of vineyards flashing by at high speed.
Welcome Inn Hostel in Naples was cool too. An apartment converted into hostel but with good common area and roomy enough dorms.

Wandered around Naples and really like this city. Most exciting one so far in Italy. Some people had said not to go to Naples cause it was dirty and dangerous. Glad I didn't listen as it's my favourite city in ...

... another english woman and a few other Americans.  Oh and of course Jennie's IT man was there fixing her internet access and he was the only native Italian in the house.  There were also two dogs (one French and one Italian so naturally they didn't get along).  It was quite the little gathering and something about it felt like I was in the 'Divine Sisterhood of the Ya Ya" there for a minute with all these eccentric and arty women.

Leanne and I decided it was time for dinner so ...

Overview Amalfi was once a major center of European culture and commerce. The mighty Republic of Amalfi thrived from the 9th Century through the 11th Century. It was home to 50,000 people, and an important player in the Mediterranean Sea trade. The maritime code created here, the Tavole Amalfitane, was adopted as the code of the entire Mediterranean for centuries. In the 1100�s, Amalfi's very own Flavio Gioia invented the compass. The art of ...

... before catching boat back at 5 pm for Positano. I started packing while Mike went back to the hotel for final emails etc and then I made another yummy risotto & finished off as much food as we could. Finally I finished all the packing and we collapsed into bed. Tuesday 8th July Alison: We were up early as the Taxi we had used to get here was coming at 8.15. Edmondo arrived at 8.00 to check out place & give back our 250 Euro deposit. We paid ...

... and then went on a hike up and around the town. This involved walking up and down a HELL of a LOT of steps as the town is built into the mountainside, but by this time we were like 2 well-oiled high steppin' machines and tackled the climb with aplomb. We stopped at a cafe with marvellous views of lower Positano and then Rebecca went off to do a bit of souvenir shopping. I, instead, went to our hotel's terrace bar and did some more journalling while ...