Day 8
Did loads today
Caught the train to Ercolano with the intention to get up to Vesuvius. Usual buskers on the train again :)
Got taxi so far of the way up Vesuvius then got dropped off and walked the rest. 15 minute walk up to the top the driver reckoned. 30 mins later we arrived! views so amazing from up there and very warm, which was great except we all had about 4 layers on after someone told my dad it would be cold! Had a wander about, looked out across Italy, into the crater and watched the smoke filter out from inside the volcano. Back down the volcano again along with my souvenir rock!
Managed to do Vesuvius pretty quickly so then walked down the street to where Herculaneum lies. A lot smaller than Pompeii but with more little houses to explore which are better preserved. Original wood staircases, door frames and shelving still visible along with big ceramic jugs to store the oils. Couldn't get a great look at them, but managed a few photos of the bones of the bodies found in the boat sheds before leaving. Excavation is still to be done which you can see from all the tunnels that carry on going into the earth around it, underneath the new town built on top.
Drink in small cafe before heading back on the train.
Back out in town a couple of hours later, to the first place we went to in sorrento then finished back in Bar del Carmine again to listen to Camtham, my favourite live Italian band! Brilliant day :D