Sorrento Palma

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 !

I am so far behind with this blog. Partly, it's because we have traveled every single month during 2009. There's so much to tell & show that unless I write every week, I'm always several trips behind. The other problem is ...

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!!!!!

apres toutes ces belles villes d'italie, voici naples: l'afreuse! On pourrait aussi dire bienvenue a Verdun en Italie! Ici, la ville est sale, les ruessont ornés d'une grande quantité de déchest et aussi bondées de vendeur itinérants qui fuient des que les patrouilles d'immigrations arrivent!

il y a quand meme quelque beau quartier plus propres et plus tranquille, mais cela passe presque inapperçu! Nous avons visiter la place centrale, une ...

... ne sont pas tres
acceuillant, en tout cas, ils ont souvent l'air bete. Ils sont peu
nombreux a parler et ou comprendre autre chose que l'italien. Ils
n'ont aucun sens du civisme, cela viens probablement de leur
egocentricite. Je dois dire que depuis le debut de notre voyage, nous
ne sommes pas impressione par leur comportements!

... half of the ruins, but saw some really amzing stuff.
Pity we couldn't get into the large arena as it was blocked off and looked really impressive from what we could see from the outside.

... 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 ...

... and points out where she would set up kitchen, bed-, bath- and livingroom and is thankful to the shepherd that discovered the caves by chance 60 or so years ago. He died a few years ago at the age of 96 and made it a point to regularly visit the caves up to this date, we even get to see the tiny hole were the shepherd squeezed himself through 12m of stone to find out where the cold wind came from just to discover the marvelous caves. What he must have felt like ...

... along the marina and waterfront. That evening we went to dinner at a sushi buffet - it was so fun. The food was all on a conveyor belt and you could just pick and choose what you wanted! Afterwards we went to a discoteque and after a long night ( they stay out soooo late compared to England - as in around 4 am at earliest) we finally went back to the hostel! The next day we went shopping, stopping for some pa am boli for lunch ...

... us in. Once we finally found the old center we enjoyed the main plaza with it's Neptune sculpture and fountain (see pics). Bologna is Italy's "food city" which is really saying something. Off of the main square there is a street that has one deli after another. Hams hang from the ceilings. Cheeses fill the coolers. Fruits and vegetables of all shapes and colors sit in crates outside. It has a very "old world" feel of ...