We went to Capri today having now located the right part of the port for the hydrofoils (we saw the Sorrento ferry we should have caught yesterday).  The crossing was a little choppy…

Not quite such a nice day today.  We were going to take the ferry to Sorrento and the train back.  We walked down to the ferry port and bought the ticket – we…

Today we went to the Royal Palace of Caserta which is a short train ride from Naples.  The day started well because it was a double decker train.  I love trains, and this…

Today we went to the Archaeological Museum of Naples, in my opinion one of the greatest museums in the world.  Amongst other things, it holds the finest of the artifacts taken for their…

Today the plan was for Herculaneum in the morning and Vesuvius in the afternoon.  I have been up Vesuvius before (with J) and in September it had been freezing cold and very windy…

R and I are off to Naples today for a week and J’s visitors are arriving.  Very kindly we are lending them our bedrooms, and I hope that they don’t wreck the joint. …

R and I are off to Italy next month.  The weather is so foul at the moment that I have been planning our trip (and doing some craft things) rather than doing what…