http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Campania/Mount-Vesuvius/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Italy , Campania , Mount Vesuvius en-us Sun, 03 Jan 2010 01:40:52 +0000 Sun, 03 Jan 2010 01:40:52 +0000 There we were in front of our hotel at the designated time of 720 am waiting for our bus to take us back in time to ancient Pompei and then up the imposing slopes of the still active Vesuvius.There we were in front of our hotel at 40 minutes past the designated time of 720 am waiting for our bus to take us back in time to ancient Pompei and then up the imposing slopes of the still active Ves http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Campania/Mount-Vesuvius/blog-326764.html Our trek up the volcano. Saz says I don't wanna. Its too steep. Walking sucks. Waaaaahhhhhhh Adam calls Saz a soft ltinsert profanity of choicegt. Saz hulkstyle goes super agro crazy woman and powers up to the summit. Adam knows how to get it done. At this point Sarah needs to interject unfortunately Adam knows me too well. What he neglected to mention was that I then powered up http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Campania/Mount-Vesuvius/blog-290791.html So after spending a day in the playground of the rich and famous Capri we had a day today seeing the sights in Pompeii and Mt Vesuvius.Pompeii itself is pretty shabby. The property has no value and canrsquot be sold because of the volcano and as an outer suburb of Naples these days itrsquos pretty rough.We jumped straight on the bus to go up the volcano from the train station. What a r http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Campania/Mount-Vesuvius/blog-284957.html Well I have climbed Mount Vesuvius. And I won't lie I feel pretty cool saying that. The volcano is the only volcano on mainland Europe to have erupted in the last century and owes most of its fame for the destruction of the cities Pompeii and Herculaneum back in 79 AD. But don't worry according to its main website the Park is closed while Vesuvius is erupting. Like most people I assume I hav http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Campania/Mount-Vesuvius/blog-232756.html