After a while, it's time to update again. This is an entry regarding our last 3 days in Napoli, as well as our first day in Sorrento.

On 28th we went to Pompeii, in the fashion of many other aspiring tourists who claim to have seen it all. Well, the place is big, first of all. Second, it's quite well preserved considering the fact it was buried under volcanic mass for 2000 years (on second thought, it's exactly because of that!). We saw a lot of strange things, like the first "Beware The Dog"-sign in the world. We also saw a lot of amazing mosaics, an amphitheatre (ho-hum, that's what, the 5th so far? Okay, so it was the oldest as well) and frescoes the size of your... well... the size of a really big painting. If that doesn't rock your socks off you probably need to get out more. After guiding some japanese tourists around we decided to call it a day. I fell asleep on the metro and hit my head.

Next day was full of mischief as we were determined to see Vesuvius without paying the entry fee. Luckily for us, Andrea (whose b&b we were staying at during this time) was equally determined to help us with this task. As we got there by bus and took the secret path away from the main tourist track, Anu was attacked by a big spider that decided to build a house on her shoulderblade. I refused to be smitten by such nonsense, and battled with the giant until he fell second in a battle versus my handkerchief. With Anu safely in my arms, I decided it would be better to take the tourist route (which I regret, the view from the other side would have been more amazing, plus we would have avoided paying 13 euros (6.50e each) for a sad hike up a hill that was 90 degrees steep). We reached the top, and saw all of Napoli, Sorrento, and some islands and boats enjoying the day as much as we did. The crater made a strange sound when we passed it, freaked us out a bit. The were a small amount of clouds, but nothing that would prevent us from seeing a great view.

After an uneventful return home, we waited for the next day, when we would just be. No hikes. No buses. No crying children whose vocal chords would have put the great pavarotti to shame. No, just something the western folk like to call "chilling". This is of course easier said than done, we got a little lost in the city looking for a chocolate shop (I love chocolate) and with our unsuccesful campaign at satisfying my craving for my personal ambrosia, we just grabbed some pastries that weighed about as much as an anchor made of lead. It was great, though. Visiting the archeological museum was more entertaining that I initially thought, not comparable at all to getting your brains sucked out through your nose. What really impressed the stone cold heart of yours truly was a statue of hercules, whose legs had been exchanged during the 1600's, then reverted back to the excavated originals when people decided the new ones looked just silly. There were also lots of mosaics from Pompei and Herculaneum. After the museum we felt like taking one last walk through the city center. We saw an amazing church, amazingly loud italians (once again) and generally, didn't do too much walking. After all, our next day would be in Sorrento.

About Sorrento, which we arrived in the next day... It's kinda spoiled by tourism, plus I got a bad vibe from the city the moment we departed the train. Well, we'll see how it is, we're mainly using it as a hub for traveling to the islands and other places, like small fishing villages.