Our bus driver Salvatore recommended getting lunch at the Hotel Vittoria, just outside the ruins. For about $10 we would get salad, soda, a pizza and ice cream. Amazingly, every single person in our group opted for this lunch
Day Eight (Saturday) July 1st 2006 It was a good thing I got loaded the night before or I wouldn't have had any sleep. Once again I had to sleep naked on top of my sheets because my room was so uncomfotable. My room faced out on a courtyard but thanks to the cheap wine I didn't hear anything.
I won't mention breakfast.
When it was time to board the bus we again had to lug our bags 1/4 mile to the bus. This time it was do ... read more
Europe » Italy » Campania » Pompei Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more
My wife and I met forty years ago when we both worked for the airlines. We got out of the business when deregulation "ruined" it. Now she takes me with her students on her educational trips abroad.
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