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November 10th 2009
Day 21 Naples to Salerno We spent our last day in Napoli visiting the Archeology Museum, a somewhat frustrating and quite expensive experience. The night before, we had a a big thunderstorm, with a lot of hail....then steady rain.... We took the train to Salerno, a port city with a few sights, which will be our hub for the next few days...visiting Pompeii and Paestum. We walked around Salerno the first full day here...this has the feel of a real city....not all spiffed up for tourists. Day 23 Paestum We had a great day there...visiting Greek temples and Roman ruins in the warm sun...butterflies and wildflowers all around. More in the pix section! A few things I've forgotten to say: Each bathroom has a safety feature: a cord you pull in the shower that sets off ... read more
September 8th 2007
On Monday morning, August 27th, Nolan and I took a bus to the train station then a train to the bus station then the bus for five hours south of Rome, south of Naples, south of Salerno....to what Milena described as a freeway off-ramp called Campotenese. This is where Milena's father was to pick us up! However...the bus was early, and we missed each other. Once again, the crazy mom who is dragging her almost-eight-year-old across Europe had thoughts of "what am I doing?" I'm standing on the side of the road, my cell phone doesn't have coverage, no one speaks my language, and there goes the bus....then, Milena's dad showed up, and we piled into the Fiat and headed up the road to Rotonda....then the car quit. Milena's dad hopped out, I jumped into the ... read more
May 23rd 2007
Wednesday, we woke up, re-packed our bags, grabbed breakfast, and lugged our stuff to the tube. We had a hard time finding a train with room for us and our stuff. They were very crowded at 9:00 am. Finally we just pushed our way onto one, and we were ready for the hour-long ride to Heathrow airport. Unfortunately, the train had zero ventilation, and I started feeling very bad. When a seat opened up, I took advantage of it, but the ride seemed unbearably long. I was more light-headed than nausous, but the headache was just awful. When we finally arrived, I managed to pull my suitcase to the Alitalia desk, where there was a line of over 50 people. Fortunately, it was moving, if slowly. By the time we got to the front ourselves, I ... read more
Yes, I'm still here (and I've been a busy girl!)
Published: October 19th 2006Europe » Italy » Campania » Salerno
October 19th 2006
Ciao a tutti! Sorry it's been such a long time between posts. My last week in Rome went very quickly, and here is Salerno it's not nearly as easy to get on the net. Still trying to work out how I'll do this since there's sooo much to say, but strap yourselves in and let's just see what happens, hmm? edit: I've tried to split it up in parts because this is turning out to be the blog entry to end all blog entries, so I wish you good luck!! Have also tried to put as many pretty piccys as possible to distract you along the way! But please remember: Stop, Revive, Survive! Part 1 - ROME Well Marianne and Sybille left on my last full weekend in Rome, which was a bit sad. The new ... read more
