Pompei was an ancient town which was destroyed by Mount Vesuvius (the volcano) in 79AD. It's very well preserved and they are still uncovering it to this day. It is open to the public so we went for the day. It was about ten minutes from our hotel so it wasn't far. Tripadvisor warned that it gets very hot and there is no shade. We didn't heed this warning and set off with no water and little sun cream. The site was absolutely massive, and there were no signs any...

Today we are leaving Florence (hooray!). Florence is a gorgeous city, but our hotel was not and we had some bad experiences. We are going from Florence to Salerno, and Salerno to Pompei. The train journey was about 4 hours long. When we got on we found ourselves next to a family of 3 - the mother and two boys, around 5-7 years old. They were very loud and boisterous the WHOLE way and the mother didn't even care. The journey went slowly and at one point the trai...