Bay of Naples with Mum and Dad
We rented a car, left Rome and headed for Sorrento. We had a TomTom GPS thing so we didn't have to think too hard about driving. Once we were close to Sorrento we had to do a little thinking however because we were actually staying in a small town called Sant'agata. The TomTom wasn't clever enought to know where Santa'agata was so we had to ask someone how to find it.
View from Sant'Agata
The next day we went to Capri. We were able to visit the Blue Grotto this time because the sea was calm. It was as blue as advertised. We also had a tour around the island and saw some arches that have been carved by the sea. After that we visited the rest of the island. Later we got lost looking for the Natural Arch, and finally gave up and headed back to the main land.
Capri: Blue Grotto
The next day we took the train from Sorrento to Pompeii which cost us a whopping 3 euro each. We saw some plaster casts of some of the people who had died when they were poisoned by gas and then covered in pumas stones from the Vesuvius eruption.
We rented some audio guide things and not only was it informative, it also had an exciting sound track filled with explosions and lots of exciting flute playing. So it made me feel like we were being followed by Newton and Tewt from the cartoon the Mighty Hercules! (Tewt had a flute that he would play because he couldn't talk.)
Pompeii
The next day we headed back to the Naples airport to fly back to Milan, however we decided to take the long way and drive along the Amalfi Coast. We visited the Amalfi coast before on a bus and anytime a bus encountered another bus they would both spend 5 minutes maneuvering around each other. So we were a little worried that the tiny twisty roads would make it to difficult drive. It turned out to be a pretty easy drive in the end compared to some of the other roads we'd already driven on getting to Sant'Agata.
Amalfi Coast Drive
On our way back into Naples we enjoyed the wonderful scenery that Naples has to offer. The random road side fires, and heaps of garbage 2 stories high are some of the spectacles that make Naples one of the hidden jems of Italy. The TomTom helped us get into Naples and I had asked it to take us to the airport so when it had us traveling down dirt roads in some sketchy looking neighbourhoods we became slightly concerned. Eventually it proudly announced that we had reached our destination. It turns out it dropped us off behind the airport so we had to drive our way around the barbed wire fence to find the entrance. All in all it was a fun trip with my folks!
Beautiful Naples
View from Sant'Agata
The next day we went to Capri. We were able to visit the Blue Grotto this time because the sea was calm. It was as blue as advertised. We also had a tour around the island and saw some arches that have been carved by the sea. After that we visited the rest of the island. Later we got lost looking for the Natural Arch, and finally gave up and headed back to the main land.Capri: Blue Grotto
The next day we took the train from Sorrento to Pompeii which cost us a whopping 3 euro each. We saw some plaster casts of some of the people who had died when they were poisoned by gas and then covered in pumas stones from the Vesuvius eruption.
We rented some audio guide things and not only was it informative, it also had an exciting sound track filled with explosions and lots of exciting flute playing. So it made me feel like we were being followed by Newton and Tewt from the cartoon the Mighty Hercules! (Tewt had a flute that he would play because he couldn't talk.)Pompeii
The next day we headed back to the Naples airport to fly back to Milan, however we decided to take the long way and drive along the Amalfi Coast. We visited the Amalfi coast before on a bus and anytime a bus encountered another bus they would both spend 5 minutes maneuvering around each other. So we were a little worried that the tiny twisty roads would make it to difficult drive. It turned out to be a pretty easy drive in the end compared to some of the other roads we'd already driven on getting to Sant'Agata.
Amalfi Coast Drive
On our way back into Naples we enjoyed the wonderful scenery that Naples has to offer. The random road side fires, and heaps of garbage 2 stories high are some of the spectacles that make Naples one of the hidden jems of Italy. The TomTom helped us get into Naples and I had asked it to take us to the airport so when it had us traveling down dirt roads in some sketchy looking neighbourhoods we became slightly concerned. Eventually it proudly announced that we had reached our destination. It turns out it dropped us off behind the airport so we had to drive our way around the barbed wire fence to find the entrance. All in all it was a fun trip with my folks!
Beautiful Naples
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