Sorrento & Capri

The weekend in the middle of our project was a national holiday, so with three days to play, Margaret, Barbara, Jan, and I took the train to Naples, and from there the Transvesuviano to Sorrento, stopping for a long afternoon visit to Pompeii. Away from the must-see places that tours herd people to, I enjoyed wandering very much. Of course a lot of the buildings were “in restauro” – as everywhere in Italy – but the place is so vast now (it seems to have tripled in size since we were there before) that you can get lost in it pretty easily, away from the crowds. I enjoyed meeting a couple of young dogs who obviously felt they were welcoming me to THEIR home.

The next day Barbara and Margaret and I went to Capri, had a wonderful lunch of smoked fishes and fish salads and vegetables, then walked it off climbing high up the hill to Tiberius’ villa, or “Villa Jovis” as it is called. We all loved Capri and enjoyed getting out of the touristy town.  Our hotel in Sorrento couldn’t have been more pleasant.

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