12/5
We arrive in Sorrento in time for breakfast. We quickly disembark and are whisked off to a hotel for breakfast. Yesterday on our way to the port to the ferry, one of our tour group tried to beat Gab in the most infirm contest. He was feeling nautious apparently, so what? Anyway on the bus, he was very sick. He is from Pennsylvania and his name is Chuck. Yes really.
So on the bus we could but say, Chuck is chucking, ergo, Chuckles, the Chuckster, Chuckmeister etc etc
(We picked a bad day to sit near the toilet on the bus.)
The good news is that after being seen by a doctor, he was allowed to continue with the tour. No hospital or emergency care required so we think Gab is still in front, but only just.
scenes from Naples taken on the bus
After driving around Naples we drive to Sorrento and then Pompeii.
Pompeii with Vesuvius in the background.
Gab's first time but not Paul's. It was hot, really hot in Pompeii and we can only imagine how hot it would be in summer. One of the other tour members feigned a fainting spell and needed intense fanning. As if that counts. Third by a long way.
Pompeii was not covered by lava as most would assume but ash. The eruption of Vesuvius in 79AD which covered Pompeii was completely unexpected and not well understood but has provided amazing insight into the lives of ordinary Roman people more than 2000years ago.
famous dog
And then back on the bus to Positano, on the Amalfi coast which everyone raves about. Nice but what about the sand? Only pebbles and grey rocks. All pretty and wonderful scenery but a beach? No, not what we call a beach. Gab hobbled across the pebbles ably assisted by Paul so could each dip our toes, feet, pretty much up to calves into the sea which we call the Med. Great but sand would have made it all a lot easier for the (most) infirm one.
and a lovely church too
We arrive in Sorrento in time for breakfast. We quickly disembark and are whisked off to a hotel for breakfast. Yesterday on our way to the port to the ferry, one of our tour group tried to beat Gab in the most infirm contest. He was feeling nautious apparently, so what? Anyway on the bus, he was very sick. He is from Pennsylvania and his name is Chuck. Yes really.
So on the bus we could but say, Chuck is chucking, ergo, Chuckles, the Chuckster, Chuckmeister etc etc
(We picked a bad day to sit near the toilet on the bus.)
The good news is that after being seen by a doctor, he was allowed to continue with the tour. No hospital or emergency care required so we think Gab is still in front, but only just.
scenes from Naples taken on the busAfter driving around Naples we drive to Sorrento and then Pompeii.
Pompeii with Vesuvius in the background.Gab's first time but not Paul's. It was hot, really hot in Pompeii and we can only imagine how hot it would be in summer. One of the other tour members feigned a fainting spell and needed intense fanning. As if that counts. Third by a long way.
Pompeii was not covered by lava as most would assume but ash. The eruption of Vesuvius in 79AD which covered Pompeii was completely unexpected and not well understood but has provided amazing insight into the lives of ordinary Roman people more than 2000years ago.
famous dogAnd then back on the bus to Positano, on the Amalfi coast which everyone raves about. Nice but what about the sand? Only pebbles and grey rocks. All pretty and wonderful scenery but a beach? No, not what we call a beach. Gab hobbled across the pebbles ably assisted by Paul so could each dip our toes, feet, pretty much up to calves into the sea which we call the Med. Great but sand would have made it all a lot easier for the (most) infirm one.
and a lovely church too
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