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1152. A Classy Finish to a Long Day (Italy 129)
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And then… finally I reach Cava di Tirreni, which not only has a large train station still in use on Christmas, but also a beautiful old city, with open restaurants and even a gelateria! Definitely tonight is going to have a much happier ending than last night. I find a beautiful garden to strum in, with the mountains peeking from behind the trees, and then enjoy a classy stroll down a the cobblestone pedestrian ...
1151. Searching for Roman Ruins (Italy 128)
... schedule whatsoever… maybe I should head back to Nocera Superiore where I know all trains will make a stop than risk another night out in the cold… But instead I decide to press on, continuing all the way up the town until the road hits the mountain forest… then following another road on back to the highway to the next town, which I dearly hope will have a major train ...
1150. Rail Junction Town (Italy 127)
Day 063: 2 hours, 4.0 kms
Nocera Inferiore—despite its unpretentious name is a large town and a small railroad hub: hear the railway up to Avellino and Benevento, the two other provinces of this region, heads off. I pause in a cramped little plaza near the station with a nice view of the ...
The long, long journey to Pompeii
... to catch a glimpse of the raunchy frescoes! One of 30 in all of Pompeii, there were 5 rooms on the grounds floor, with living quarters upstairs. Across the street was a birthing house, which we found incredibly ironic AND smart. The frescoes are said to depict a sort of "menu" so that patrons could chose what service they wanted, and the women's names were inscribed above their respective room.
We passed ...
Fire and Brimestone
... Elvira told us this was one of the older parts of the original city from where we could see some of the new city of Pompeii in the distance and Mount Vesuvius menacing in the background. We passed houses and shops which lined the streets: it was easy to tell the shops apart from the houses as they had a groove that ran along the front of their stalls which allowed them to pull down their awning (not all that different from security screens in shopping centres). In some of ...
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