The Journey to Pompeii

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August 19th 2007

Published: August 28th 2007

Sweaty Trains and Funny Guides in Pompeii An Early, Hot and Stinky Train Ride Our second full day in Italy was dedicated to a day trip to Pompeii just south of Naples. Because of the distance we had to be up and out pretty early to ensure that we actually had enough time to fully devote to the ruins of the ancient village. Thus I got out of bed a mere five hours after going to sleep. Roug... Read Full Entry

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Michael & Kelley Turner

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For all of you who don't know us, we are a relatively normal married couple from Richmond, VA. We have been married for 5 years and have been friends since we met at Capital One on our first day of work. We have decided to make a "nontraditional move" with our lives. On November 7th, 2006 Kel and I left everything behind and started traveling beginning with Lisbon, Portugal. The plan was to start in Europe, hit Asia, Australia and New Zealand and then return to Europe to finish our year. Before it was all said and done we added destinations in the Middle East and Africa. The trip was am... full info

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28th August 2007

Alexa
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Great Time....Great Friends
Hey Guys! I love the write-up (and the honesty). The pictures are fantastic, as usual. I need to get copies of the group photos we took that night on the balcony. We had a great time and the trip was made even better by the friends (old and new). I wish you many great things in your last few months of travel and we can't wait to see you again stateside!

29th August 2007

Schiller
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Leveraging the experience
The Team Turner Membership has been duly noted - the LSE experience was deleted from the cv to make room for the following; Honorary Member, Team Turner - 2007. Duties include leading late night safari hikes in Singapore, rice procurement in Hong Kong, and map reading in Rome. Hope all is well with you guys! As always, good pics and writing.

29th August 2007

Leisette
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Trip to Pompeii
Hi Michael and Kelley, Thanks for the honesty and great advice about the trip to Naples and Pompeii. My husband and I have been visiting the U.K. for two months and are conemplating a trip to Italy. Italian travel sounds chaotic. While living in Berlin for 12 years I experienced the overwhelming b.o. of people on public transportation. Man, I understand and sympathize. The British smell pretty good overall and are generally quite polite, so I definitely recommend travel in the U.K. Your comment about extensively traveling being a grind is one I definitely understand. I admire you and your wife for taking the plunge and doing it for a year! Thanks for the heads up about Prague. It makes me wish I had taken the opportunity to visit right after the Communist government failed. Best, Leisa

30th August 2007

ryssee
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I so wanna go!
Great post with good advice, and fabulous pics! Hope to make it there in 2008!

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