Author: Mary

On this day, we made the trek to Pompeii and Herculanium. It was a long day and many photos were taken.

When we arrived at Pompeii, it was early and the crowds were light. That would not remain the same.

Dave in the theatre.

The group with our tour guide, Rafael. He did a great job at explaining what type of city Pompeii was and why it was important.

Day 6 was our day to get paperwork done, but we did have a break mid-morning in the Piazza della Signoria where we took a few photos.

Though the paperwork was tedious, once it was over we had a quick lunch and were back on the train to Sorrento.

Giuseppe and Neve, our paperwork helpers.

On this day, Stan and I had to ride the train up to Florence to do the paperwork that had to be submitted for our wedding. Our original plan was to ride the local train to Naples and take the high speed train to Florence. The struck had closed the local train lines, so we high-tailed it to the docs and took the ferry instead. Which is where we met Michelle, who was on her way back to Naples to site see.

Once on the train to Florence, our trip was quite easy. Although Stan learned NOT to choose the Pelegrino Chinatto.

Though we were supposed to go wine tasting and ride horses today after a visit to the Greek Ruins at Paestum, our progress was halted at the tunnel out of the Sorrentine peninsula by strikers on the other side. The strike was taking place at the shipyards, a major employer on the peninsula, because of austerity measured being imposed my the Italian government. The workers were not impressed.

Our tour guide, Paolo, did his best to figure out what to do, and what we got was Paolo’s tour of the peninsula, where we saw the places he would show people who cam to visit him. It wasn’t what we expected, but it was a great day.

This photo of Stan was taken while we were trying to figure out what came next. The wait did involved gelato. It makes more things go more smoothly.

This is the beach that Paolo said he brought folks who came to visit him. It was a little cool for swimming, but it was pretty.

So on our third day in Italy, we went on a driving trip along the Amalfi Coast, where quant Italian towns cling to the cliffs along the Mediterranean Sea. It was a lovely day and we visited some lovely places.

It was a beautiful place to visit, but I suspect a bit pricy for my check book.

This is a close up of the top of the Church in Amalfi.