Blogs from Naples, Campania, Italy, Europe - page 7

This morning I took the fast train from Rome to Naples. It really is fast, too. For awhile we paralleled the highway and we were zipping past traffic on the autostrada at a great rate (see picture). I arrived at Napoli Centrale train station and caught the Metro, ie subway, to the archeological museum. This museum contains all the art works that have been recovered from Pompeii and it also contains a large collection of sculpture that was excavated from the Baths of Caracalla in Rome. The latter is quite remarkable and would fit into an art museum anywhere (see picture). The former has a narrower fan base, but since I will be seeing Pompeii in person tomorrow, I count myself among those interested in the Pompeian frescoes, statues, and mosaics (see picture). After viewing the ... read more

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Everyone is excited to be leaving and heading for Italy. I am anxious to see Lufthanza's new Airbus 380. That is a big plane. 10 across seating. But, I will say it was a very smooth ride. Took off around 4PM Saturday and was in the air 10 hours, and landed at 1:35 Sunday afternoon, of course my body thought it was early Sunday morning. So, if you are taking morning and evening medication, just how do you figure out when it is morning or evening? We had dinner at the beginning of the trip, and breakfast somewhere inbetween. That must have been morning, even though it was 11 at night CDT. We landed in Frankfurt and took another Airbus to Naples, a much older Airbus 321. We landed in Naples, and I must say, it ... read more

Geo: 40.84, 14.2529Hoy nos espera una larga excursión, empezando temprano caminamos del barco a otra parte del puerto desde donde tomamos un hydrofoil hacia Capri. Un viaje de 40min, al desembarcar tomamos el funicular que nos deja en la Piazza Umberto I. La pequeña ciudad pareciera un pueblito de Disney. Caminamos por la Via Krupp, al menos por la parte que no está cerrada, hasta el Giardino di Augusto, desde donde se pueden ver las Faraglioni, que son una rocas que se formaron por la erosión del mar. Tuvimos 40min de tiempo libre para caminar y comprar un gelato. Y antes de tomar nuevamente el funicular hacia el puerto tomamos una granita de limón con jugo de naranja. Nos volvimos a subir a un barquito, para ir a Sorrento. Aquí fue nuestro lunch, con poco tiempo ... read more

Geo: 40.84, 14.2529Today we were awakened by the sound of thunder. There was no rain at the time but there were clouds and noise. We arrived in Naples shortly after we got out of bed. We met in Cabanas again before our excursion. Then off to the Walt Disney Theater for our meeting time.We then boarded our bus and rode to the base of Mt Vesuvius where we switched to 4 wheel drive vehicles that took us up a bumpy, windy dirt road to 1000 feet where we hiked an additional 1000 feet up a 40% grade to the summit of the volcano.While we were exploring the caldera the clouds rolled in and a thunder storm started. The lighting actually struck near enough that some people were knocked off their feet. The rain started as we ... read more