http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Campania/Pompei/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Italy , Campania , Pompei en-us Sat, 25 May 2013 00:31:17 +0000 Sat, 25 May 2013 00:31:17 +0000 Sorry to inundate you with blogs but I39m not sure what my next BB will have in the way of wifi or free internet so I am taking advantage of the lovely facilities of Hotel Santa Caterina while I can as I am off to Sorrento tomorrow mornng.Pompei gets all the attention but I personally liked Herculaneum much better. First it is much smaller. I39m sure I39m not the only person who has be http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Campania/Pompei/blog-768130.html My mother39s name was Katherine and here I am at the warm and welcoming Santa Caterina hotel www.hotelsantacaterinapompei.it coincidence I think not. Yesterday when I was scouting out a new place I spotted this one on my way to the ruins of Pompei and was welcomed by a vivacious and stunning young woman named are you ready for this 39Juicy39 Not only did she assure me the hotel had http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Campania/Pompei/blog-767919.html One more sweet Maxim story as he was putting my bags into the car he spoke quietly to the driver. I had no idea what it was about since it was all in Italian. I discovered that he had mentioned to the driver my wish to see the Bay of Naples before I left the city. The area I had stayed was far away from the Bay. How tragic I thought to be so close and not to see that fabled vista. So off we wen http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Campania/Pompei/blog-767824.html Francesca and I started the day really early. We said our goodbye39s to Ricco Gia hoping to meet again in Paris France Oui Oui A cab was waiting for us and Francesca opted to get in the front seat ... what a mistake She was introduced to a near death experience as the taxi driver drove fast ran red lights had several near misses with other cars was texting driving seemed to be s http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Campania/Pompei/blog-748232.html Tuesday September 25 2012After breakfast at the Garden Caf we boarded our tour bus and were off to Pompeii a 30 minute drive from Naples.Our tour guide Enzo did a wonderful job describing ancient Pompeii and what life was like for those who called Pompeii home before that fateful day August 24 79 AD when Mt. Vesuvius rained death upon not only Pompeii but Herculaneum and Stabiae.Unfortun http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Campania/Pompei/blog-747916.html It has now been days since my last blogs...Sorry what can I say....been busy. When I last wrote we had made our way to Rome and had spent a full day walking around the wealth of historical monuments interspersed with the current day city. Next stop was a one day bus trip to Napels and Pompeii. This meant an early start to the day...but we were usually awake from about 5 so it was not an issue http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Campania/Pompei/blog-746578.html I woke up nice and early in preparation for our trip to Pompei. The day before we had booked our train tickets and had a deadline. I packed up my stuff and soon it became panic time. While Gwosh were packing I ran downstairs to check us out. They soon followed we made a few croissants and wrapped in foil and started booking to the Termini train station. And I mean booked. Friggin Gwosh times http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Campania/Pompei/blog-745288.html October 2008We arrived at the ancient city of Pompeii in the afternoon of our Amalfi Coast drive from Naples. It was one of my most anticipated stops on our Mediterranean cruise. We were not disappointed.While at many ports of call we like to explore on our own. Pompeii begs for a guide. You learn so much more of the history with a guide and our guide was one of the best.The city was buriedd http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Campania/Pompei/blog-737610.html I got up reasonably early today and had breakfast with my host who gave me some info about Pompeii. He suggested certain areas not to miss how to get there and suggested that I get the ArteCard which was 27 euros and included two archeological sites plus transportation for all around the area including getting to Sorrento tomorrow for three days.I got ready got the card and made my way to http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Campania/Pompei/blog-735111.html Since I read about Vesuvius sometime back in school I wanted to visit Pompeii the city built in shadow of a volcano and then burried in ashes of one of the biggest volcanic explosion in written history. Its a short train ride away from Napoli. The ruins of city are quite well preserved. Its all been dug out and just walking through the ruins its hard to imagine that it was burried under tonnes http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Campania/Pompei/blog-707383.html Hello Im taking a break from one of the busiest weeks of the semester to finally update this blog. Ive been slacking Ill admit. Last LAST week March 2325 I went on a class field trip to Pompeii Herculaneum the Almafi Coast and Naples. Last week March 30April 1 I went on a school sponsored trip to Sorrento Capri and Naples. Ill split both weekends up into 2 different blogs http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Campania/Pompei/blog-704460.html Unfortunately our stay in Amalfi was all too short. We had to depart early today for a long drive to Firenze. Our plan was to take the Autostrada all the way to Firenze which is about 540km along the A1 and arrive by 530pm.But if that wasn39t enough we wanted to stop in to see the ancient ruins of Pompei beneath Mt Vesuvius. After drinking almost two bottles of wine from this region it wa http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Campania/Pompei/blog-704191.html HelloWe39re getting around quite fast now and are noticing big differences in the weather the further south we goThe last time i update we were in Melk in Austria which like i said was very nice as we had the hostel for 3 nights for our crazy 1 year anniversary. Had a lovely meal out with a bottle of wine... which i may or may not have seen again in reverse later that night.....After our t http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Campania/Pompei/blog-689188.html Hello everyobody Welcome to my travel blog where I39m going to tell you my stay in Naples and my discovery of this incredible city reborn of its ashes which is Pompeii.By the way I39d tell you those few hours I spent in Herculaneum little city near Pompeii which has not been covered by ashes but by mud.Pompeii is a magical city. There you have the possibility if you want it to find y http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Campania/Pompei/blog-686838.html Wanted to start the day off heading up to Mountain Vesuvius and get a good view of the city but that didnt happen cause it looked like it was going to rain and there was clouds around the mountain. I just headed to the ruins and grabbed a bite to eat on the way. I love history and I wish I paid more attention to world history when I was in 7th grade in Ms Gardners class i think that was the teach http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Campania/Pompei/blog-660109.html So early AHHH This is now the earliest I have woken up on the trip. 5 am. beep beep beep beep. I pretty much froze my ass off all night in my bed and I slept full clothed with a beanie on. Got the taxi and headed to the Airport. First flight goes to Munich... delayed taking off since there was to much fog in Munich. I don39t remember when we took off since I passed out on the plane and woke u http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Campania/Pompei/blog-659510.html i have SO much to write this past weekend we went to naples capri and pompeii and it was the greatest weekend of my life i am so lucky to get to do all these awesome things and go all these beautiful places i will be forcing my kids to study abroad when theyre in school this is literally the best time ever.so friday morning we left for naples around eight am i think it took about four hours http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Campania/Pompei/blog-659483.html This blog covers three days one at Sorrento where we met sister in law Sandra Jill who I used to work with at the Jobcentre in Clay Cross and two friends who were cruising from Palma to Sorrento from Sorrento to Rome from Rome to Barcelona and from Barcelona back to Palma. We drove in to the town over what can only be described as the most frightening roads in the country. It took some cons http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Campania/Pompei/blog-656881.html Today we signed up for a crew tour and visited the ruins of Pompeii. From the second you enter the site you know its going to be something different as parts of it have been restored but most of it is original right down to the slates on the roofs and the paint on the walls. Its somewhere I39d always heard about and never thought I would go so to actually walk round it was amazing. The whole http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Campania/Pompei/blog-648459.html Sunday July 17 2011Visit to Pompeii http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Campania/Pompei/blog-629714.html