Phew it's hot!
Had breakfast at 7.30am and were
the only ones in the dining room for the first 10 minutes or so, got the
shuttle bus into town and then went to the station. The train was late
coming in so we stood chatting to a couple from our hotel who are from
Southampton. When the train finally left it was a relief as we needed
the breeze that came in!
We arrived late at Pompeii but
that didn't matter as it meant less waiting around for the bus to
depart. We had bought tickets for the Busvia del Vesuvio.
A bus took us
to the National Park and then we transferred onto a four wheel drive
bus. That ride was a bit hairy to say the least!
We arrived about 600m
from the summit and then had to walk the rest of the way. It was quite
cloudy which was actually nice as it meant it was cool. It was punishing
walking though - almost vertical and very slippery stones under foot.
We arrived at the summit after about a 20 minute walk. Fortunately the
cloud cleared quite a bit some got quite a good view of the Bay of
Naples,
but what was more important was that we had an excellent view of the crater
and even saw some steam coming out! Hugh was pleased!
After a
slippery walk back down
we returned on the 4x4 and I felt really car
sick! Fortunately I wasn't. After transferring back to the ordinary bus
we arrived back at Pompeii just before 2pm and got the 7 minutes past
train black to Sorrento.
but what was more important was that we had an excellent view of the crater
As we had to wait 45 minutes for the hotel bus we did a little more souvenir shopping and had a 3 scoop gelato each!
We got back to the hotel just after 4.30pm and had a rest in the room before going for a swim and a read by the pool.
6 comments:
Yeah for clouds that cool and steam that pleased Hugh. Wookie and Ewok would have been pleased too :) You had such an amazing set of experiences!
What views! The boy visited here but they went up on a day when there was such low cloud that they couldn't see a thing!
After reading Abi's comment I'm glad you had a good day and good views
So glad you got to see it 'live' so as to speak, and had the benefit of those glorious views too. I should think a tree scoop gelato was just the thing for settling a queasy tum :). I am enjoying this vicarious holiday very much!
You hit some major sites on this trip. This is a place I'd love to visit.
It seems like you earned that gelato! The four wheel bus looks very cool.
Rinda
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