Today the walking trio made it down to the waterfront on the small pier where the fishermen come in with their catch. We made it back in time for breakfast. Kelly is going on the optional tour of Pompeii and to the Museum of Naples. The rest of us decided to go just to Pompeii. We caught the 8:30 train and made it to Pompeii just after it opened. In fact, we saw Kelly and the rest of the group just after we entered the site. We wandered around and saw some of the same things we had seen last time we were here, but also discovered a few new places such as the botanical garden. The first photo is of a piece of original wall art in a house in Pompeii. The other is a part of the ruins with Mount Vesuvius in the background. We walked for three and a helf hours and then declared that it was time for lunch. We ate panini across from the entrance to the site and then walked a short way to the train station. We chatted with a young couple from Fort Lauderdale, Florida who are here on their honeymoon. When we came back to town, it was siesta time so we decided to rest until 4 when the shops open again. We did a little shopping and then came back to the hotel before going out again for dinner. On the way back, we ran into Kelly who had just returned from her tour. She loved Pompeii and the Museum of Naples, but agreed with us that Naples itself is a sleazy city. We may go back to the Foreigner’s Club again for dinner as Lana and John have not eaten there yet. Maybe there will be another wedding!
No wedding tonight, but a university graduation. We finished dinner just as the guests were arriving so we didn’t get to share the entertainment, but we did do a survey on what the young people were wearing. We paid particular attention to the shoes – very high heels, 5 to 6 inches, whether she was wearing a very short dress (seems to be in again) or tight jeans. We had to turn our clocks back an hour as they observe daylight savings time here also. Tomorrow we will take a ride down the Amalfi Coast.
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