Rain/Hail/Sun!

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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 an alarm. At first we used these as clotheslines...!

We have learned to drink our espresso at the counter to save money...about a third of the price of table service.

Most Italians live in three to six story apartment buildings, even in the country. We have seen no housing developments with single family homes...none!

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Photos

Hera's Temple
Just amazing...2600 years old

Salerno
Death notices are posted on walls in Italy...one was very sad..Lucca was only ten..

Bill gets a great haircut, Salerno, old city
Italian barbers still rule...I think he practically cut each hair individually....

Salerno waterfront
Allies landed here in the invasion

New place to play canasta?
What do you think, Linda and Brita?

Pedestrian street and Xmas lights, Salerno
People are out walking til 9:00 pm....lots of expensive shops....

Entering the walls of Paestum
The railroad station is behind Bill...we walked about 1 kilometer to the entrance to the park from here.

Greek temple, 600 BC
This area was "rediscovered" in the 1800s...can't imagine the locals could have missed this...

Roman home mosaic
The Romans rebuilt the Greek town after taking over. They left the temples standing....

Roman waterslide
These slides led into a large pool in a private home...

Stupidity
In the 1800s, they were building a road and cut right through part of the ruins...this was part of the theater...

Old theater..reconstructed, I think, from the Greek plan
Allyssum and other wildflowers growing here...the air smelled wonderful...there were also wild mint and onions around some of the home foundations.

Comments

[breta]

Keep those photos coming.
This is so great. A free trip to Italy with good friends and no waiting in lines! I had lunch (Japanese) with Linda today. We also went to a weight training class at Island Hospital. We were stars. What does that tell you about the rest of the class? Right, oldies but goodies. Anyway, tomorrow we are going on a MONA docent field grip all the way to Guemes Island to Phil McCracken's home and studio + a couple of others. It will be nice to be on an all day art trip. This aftrenoon, I'm busy in the office sending out stuff to let my "sphere" know that I'm still in the RE business. You'll be getting a calendar for the fridg! I think you would give me a referral, if the subject came up, right? Okay, Bill, I'll give the calendar to Lynn! Anyway, the sun is out today and I'm inside the office, so that's not good! Best thoughts, Breta

[Jen]

That aqueduct was on an episode of the Simpsons. IT CRUMBLED BEHIND THEM AS THEY DROVE ACROSS- T