Our first Saturday here, which we spent in Naples (and even at 2 a.m. on a Monday is noisy, busy, chaotic and unpredictable) was noisy, busy, chaotic and wound down around Sunday mass. Our second Saturday, in Matera, resembled the…
Our longest drive of the holiday, just under 300 kms, was today: From the coast through mountain passes and snaking along valley floors, merging onto the autostrada north, then veering east on the E847. For all the driving on all…
Another hot sunny day. Since we were toast from the beach yesterday we opted to drive up the coast to Paestum, a Greek ruins that has some spectacular temples in not bad repair. I refused to trace our steps along…
Pisciotta in the morning Woke up very early and couldn’t sleep so threw on yesterday’s clothes and went out for a 6:30 a.m. walk; got 7000 steps in before the day had started. The air was ripe with oleander and…
More words than pictures today; we were mostly in transit. We checked out of our hotel just after nine, took a cab to the central station. Seat belts are optional in Naples (they constrain the body, which must be free…
Go to Capri or stay in town? We were torn. I voted stay. Mt. Vesuvius in the distance. We started uphill towards Capodimonte, to see the largest catacombs in southern Italy, which are under the church of Madre del Buon…
Two pictures of the same villa at Pompeii in different perspective. (This post has a lot of repetition…) So today a couple of things: An amazing experience seeing both Pompeii and Herculaneum. Stupendous. And then something else: Getting there and…
This is what it looks like… Air conditioning and insulation; modernity is heaven. We took breakfast in the hotel, included in the rate, then set out to explore. Hazy to begin with it was hot from the get go. A…
Here’s a pleasant diversion: Nearly a month in Italy. Leaving YVR Everything went pretty smoothly at YVR, the magic of leaving an Evo at Park N Fly and avoiding the hassle (and the meter) on a taxi brings some minor…
Four days in the city that never sleeps. Sort of a cultural exchange. Well I guess the first thing is that getting out of YVR wasn’t so easy, the perks of “Diamond” status with Aeroplan somewhat elusive and then…