Tag: Italy

More exploring of the town and a castle (where Nadya bought two hand crafted scarves). Then some welcome time just chilling by the pool.

What better way to spend Jim’s birthday than a boat ride to an island? At the ferry terminal, a driver from our hotel picked us…

We’re from the northwest–we enjoy a good volcano. This one had great views and and espresso stand at the top.  

Herculaneum was another place I’d never heard of until we signed up for this trip. It’s another town that was destroyed in the Vesuvius eruption….

We had a choice of a rest afternoon or a trip back to Pompeii with our wonderful guide. Nadya, and I chose more Pompeii, and…

We visited the National Archaeological Museum, another amphitheater and a Roman cistern.

The main event! Pompeii was different than I expected. I had seen many pictures of the plaster casts of people, and expected a lot more…

Before you can look at Roman ruins, you have to visit the Greek ruins. Paestum was a good way to kick things off.