We had a very busy, hot day. Today we hiked to the crater rim of Mount Vesuvius and then visited the ruins at Herculaneum in the afternoon. It seemed like a good plan, until the weather went oven hot on us. We made the upper 90s today. Needless to say, the whole group is a bit subdued this evening. Lots of water and off to bed early for everybod...

So today we have seen almost the famous Vesuvius, had a nice hike in the mountains looking for Vesuvius and visited the ancient Herculaneum, similar to Pompeij - a lot smaller but much better remained. while trying to find the way to vesuvius got a bit away from the right road as the GPS doesnt always show what u want...we got to the national pa...

Bro and I woke up to our second Naples morning and rode down to Herculaneum. Our Kiwi friends whom we met back in Sarajevo, who have traveled extensively in Italy, told us that this was a spot we dare not overlook. We missed the first train by seconds, just to see it pull out of the Garibaldi station in Naples. The next train brought us to "Erco...

A glorious morning - the sun streams into our hotel room, while the mountains across the bay are misty. Another train ride, this time to Erolano and the ruins at Herculaneum. I had found instructions on how to get to the ruins from the train station on the internet, and they were exact. Our ticket from Pompeii got us in here as well, and after f...