Kris and I have\u2019t had much access to a computer here, and we didn\u2019t bring our laptop. So we rely on \u201cInternet Points\u201d \u2014 and right now we are sitting in Sorrento, just off the Piazza Tasso. We\u2019ve been to Amalfi and Positano and to Minori and Maiori for day trips. Our big trip was to Pompei and words can\u2019t get to the bottom of this site. Incredible site for archaeologists, of course, but even more \u2026 so real and evocative of what happened in August of 79 AD when Vesuvius exploded and covered this city of 200,000 people. We went on the 2 hour tour \u2026 self-guided, but it took us a good four hours. Amazing.
\nYes, we did get close enough to Naples to see the garbage build-up. When garbage workers go on strike, it\u2019s one thing. When they go on strike for months, you\u2019ve got a mess. It\u2019s a real mess.
\nI\u2019ve driven the Amalfi coast a few times \u2026 it took a while to muster the courage. Crazy drivers, but we\u2019ve managed to stay slow enough to be safe and to offend the locals. We took a boat from Amalfi up to Sorrento this morning. The Germans call it \u201cherrlich.\u201d I agree.
\nTime to push on as we\u2019d like to get the boat back and have dinner on the beach down near our home in Ravello.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Kris and I have\u2019t had much access to a computer here, and we didn\u2019t bring our laptop. So we rely on \u201cInternet Points\u201d \u2014 and right now we are sitting in Sorrento, just off the Piazza Tasso. We\u2019ve been to Amalfi and Positano and to Minori and Maiori for day trips. Our big trip was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":197,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n