Today Fern and I got off to an early start to meet up with our tour group at 7am for a packed day!
We set off at 7:30 and drove to Naples with a quick stop along the way for coffee. The rest stops in Italy are funny - you can't get your coffee to go! They just serve you your espresso or coffee or latte at the coffee bar in a mug and you drink it before you leave.
We drove through Naples. It is a pretty town, but doesn't seem like there is a ton to do. We saw most of the major sites and took a quick break on the shore to take some photos of the Admiral of Italy's castle - house (its a full out fortress where the Admiral lives while in office) with Mt Vesuvius looming in the background.
After that we stopped at a coral factory, where artists carve beautiful figures out of shells imported from the Bahamas. They range in size from tiny earrings to giant carved conch shells - the cheapest thing I saw in the factory was 35 euro, the most expensive over 150,000 euro!
We took a lunch break after the factory tour in new pompei town, and afterwards we took a 2.5 hour walking tour of the famous city ruins. It is in stunning condition - some of the frescoes are preserved in wonderful condition. We saw a bakery, bar, house, and shop (all of which had been slightly re-built in places). Overall Pompei held a total of 300,000 people at its height and covered 150 acres - and the archaeology team has currently only cleaned up 3/4 of the site!
After and amazing tour, we got back on the bus for the 3 hour trip back to Rome. After arriving, Fern and I found an amazing nook-in-the-wall restaurant with the best food EVER and then went for Gelato. All in all, awesome day.
We set off at 7:30 and drove to Naples with a quick stop along the way for coffee. The rest stops in Italy are funny - you can't get your coffee to go! They just serve you your espresso or coffee or latte at the coffee bar in a mug and you drink it before you leave.
We drove through Naples. It is a pretty town, but doesn't seem like there is a ton to do. We saw most of the major sites and took a quick break on the shore to take some photos of the Admiral of Italy's castle - house (its a full out fortress where the Admiral lives while in office) with Mt Vesuvius looming in the background.
After that we stopped at a coral factory, where artists carve beautiful figures out of shells imported from the Bahamas. They range in size from tiny earrings to giant carved conch shells - the cheapest thing I saw in the factory was 35 euro, the most expensive over 150,000 euro!
We took a lunch break after the factory tour in new pompei town, and afterwards we took a 2.5 hour walking tour of the famous city ruins. It is in stunning condition - some of the frescoes are preserved in wonderful condition. We saw a bakery, bar, house, and shop (all of which had been slightly re-built in places). Overall Pompei held a total of 300,000 people at its height and covered 150 acres - and the archaeology team has currently only cleaned up 3/4 of the site!
After and amazing tour, we got back on the bus for the 3 hour trip back to Rome. After arriving, Fern and I found an amazing nook-in-the-wall restaurant with the best food EVER and then went for Gelato. All in all, awesome day.
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