Ercolano, Italy

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.& ...

Our day started out with a great tour of Herculaneum. It's the town that was located directly on the coast when Mt Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD.  Herculaneum itself was somewhat of a resort town for wealthy Romans.  The excavation process found ...

... the first train by seconds, just to see it pull out of the Garibaldi station in Naples. The next train brought us to "Ercolano," as the Italians call it, by late morning. We bought a snack and some water before going to the site. It is completely ...

... Canadian tourists on the bus who needed to go on to the next stop, but the bus wasn't going anywhere! Hey, it's Italy! A respite for more pastries and gelati in Sorrento, and the now standard lie-down before dinner. We found a bookshop with English ...