Naples

"The best laid plans . . ."
I was going to keep up with this blog the whole time we were gone, especially since I was going to have my laptop on the cruise and wifi.  Now we've been back from the cruise for 5 days and I haven't done anything so let me start with our visit to Lila and Keith in Naples. (I'm dating this back to the day I should have posted this). I probably won't remember that much anymore but I do have pictures.  At least while we were there I posted some of the pictures on Facebook but I haven't done anything with FB since then.

We did have a great visit with Lila and Keith Wednesday through Saturday.  The first night we were there we were supposed to go to a spaghetti dinner in their neighborhood but since we had outdoor seating and rain was expected we had steaks indoors at their house and just chilled after walking around the community.

The next day we did the tourists tour of Naples and a little shopping too.  We went to Clam Pass park

and to the Naples Pier

At night we went to a dinner and a tribute show at their club that featured Rod Stewart and Elton John.

The food was delicious but it was held outdoors and it felt like winter.  In fact, we saw someone with a fur coat on.  Obviously someone who is a year round resident because what tourist goes to Florida with a fur?  But in the future, if you go in the early months of the year, it might be advisable.

Naples

We had a tour today booked through AP Tours thanks to Tina from Australia who organized it.  Piña (short for Josephina) was our guide.  Our first stop was Pompeii.  Amazing to think of how old everything there is and that it was buried under 20 feet of ash from Mt Vesuvius for 1700 years before they started excavating.

The large stones below were for walking across the street.

Can you see the grooves from the chariot wheels?

The structures on the side of the road were stores and housing was above them.

                                The body below is based on remains that were found.

 

The brothel had pictures of services that were offered or else they were for inspiration and
outdoors in the street was a visual pointing the way (center of picture below). The ruts in the
street leading up to that area were the deepest.  The bed of stone didn't look too comfortable.

An hour drive, with WIFI on the van took us to Positano. 

A beautiful town on the side of a mountain with narrow winding roads.

 They're famous for limoncello but we didn't buy any since we would have to transport it.