Naples Italy

Yea! We got a break today, and the sun was out all day and the temperature reached the mid 60’s! With just a few white clouds around, it was a “picture perfect” day. Our tour guide was waiting for us on the pier after we docked this morning. The plan was to follow the coast line around to Sorrento, and making a stop at a couple of the smaller villages along the way, having lunch, then on the way back make a stop at Pompeii.

Leaving Naples behind we started out along the coast. The scenery was absolutely fabulous, and the sea was very calm and blue, and the mountains made a delightful backdrop. We made several photo stops along the way, passed through several small villages until we reached the village of Positano. We stopped there for about an hour so that we could walk around and look at the shops and churches there.

Carrying on from there we reached Sorrento around noon, and did a drive through the city. After a short tour of the city, we stopped at a local pizzeria for lunch, where we had a true Italian pizza. It was the best pizza we have ever had and now we are spoiled and probably will never by another commercial pizza in the US again.

After lunch we were off again heading back toward Naples and made a stop at Pompeii. Because we had to be back onboard by 4:30 we only had about an hour there which wasn’t even enough time. Pompeii is much larger than we thought and we barely saw a third of it before we had to leave. It was amazing to us the amount of work that has been accomplished in restoring the original city from the ashes. You could probably spend 3 hours or more there and still not see it all.

But we are back onboard and ready for a sea day tomorrow. It’s been a tiring three days of tours and we really can use the break. April 4th we hit Athens and start up again.

Cheers!