Grand Vesuvio

... and Stephen that evening, and we all hung out together over the next few days. Despite crippling exhaustion, I managed to join everyone at Vesuvio (the Beat poet bar) for a drink that went on well into the evening. None of us were budding poets, alas, so ...

... we ascended the winding road, the fragrant trees permeated the air. From the parking lot at Ercolano inside the Parco Nazionale del Vesuvio (est. 1995), we climbed the 1.5 km trail to the southern edge of the crater rim. There are several spots along the ...

... ground of beatnik writers Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg et al., and found one of their old haunts, a bar called Vesuvio which is a bustling, small, ancient looking and be-stained glass-windowed gaff selling Frisco´s locally brewed ale, Anchor Steam ...

I do not recommend flying for hours, followed by cab rides and trains rides -- paarticulalry when one's semi-large suitcase does not fit the aisles of the commuter train which is full of Italian commuters who are unhappy that one is blocking the aisle ...

Arrived Monday afternoon, traffic in Sorrento was a nightmare, full of scooters and crazy drivers, took an 90 mons to get from Naples to Sorrento. Hotel ok, good points and bad points, eg pool towel is to last you all week and if you need it washing you ...