October 24, 2012

  • Our last night in Salerno. Very sad....saying goodbye to good friends

    What an incredible place! Albergo del Centro Storico is a block over from the embaradero along the Mediteranean Sea. A few blocks from the molo manfreddi to board the boat to Pompeii, Capri and the Amalfi Coast, a few steps from the Mercato which is several narrow, winding streets of shops, restaurants, caffe and gelato shops.

    Pompeii....my pics will not accurately take you there....sometime In the 70s AD, Mount Vesuvius blew 12 miles into the air covering the city with 30 feet of ash. Some people made it out but those who stayed to weather the storm...so to speak....ended up rotting away with the void in the space being filled with plaster by archeologists. These plaster bodies in cases made quite an impression. Pompeii was huge...the theater was remarkable.

    More later...