A Report From The Adriatic

St. Peter's, in Rome — St. Peter’s Basilica (Wikimedia Commons)

Positano, on the Amalfi Coast — A view of Positano (Wikimedia Commons)

I’ve fallen behind on my online journaling. (I know, I know. Millions are lamenting it. I’ve heard their cries.)

Today is a sea day — which I frankly like. I love being out on the ocean. Viking genes, maybe. The only thing that marred the day for our group was my two-hour morning lecture on “Peter, Paul, and the Popes,” in which I tried to explain something of the history of Christianity, in broad outlines, from the death of the apostles through the Council of Nicea in the early fourth century to the emergence of the papacy (roughly) as we know it today. Riveting, of course. It seemed relevant after our visit on Wednesday to Rome, Vatican City, the Sistine Chapel, and St. Peter’s Basilica.

Pope Sixtus's chapel — Inside the Capella Sistina (Wikimedia Commons public domain)

Vesuvius with Pompeii — A street in Pompeii, with Vesuvius in the background
(Wikimedia Commons public domain)

Yesterday, having landed in Salerno, we spent two and a half hours walking about in Pompeii. Then we drove through Sorrento and Positano and along the Amalfi Coast, with a nice lunch and shopping stop in Amalfi itself.

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A report from the Adriatic