Thankfully, our last night in Italy was a restful one. The temperature was probably only 26 or so. At this point, it was heaven. We awoke to a beautiful day and headed for the ruins of Pompei. We'd printed off a walking tour by Rick Steves and looked forward to the experience. We arrived in quick time to no line-ups. In we went, only to discover, moments later, that we were at the wrong starting point for our walking tour. As we headed back to the entrance, about...

After a great sleep, we got up and went for breakfast while the Brits quickly packed and escaped out of the window because none of us thought it was worth trying to explain the situation to the hostel reception. We met up with them at the beach and spent the morning body-surfing the waves and just enjoying the brilliant beach! After that, we set out for Pompei. We were thrilled when the drive from Sperlonga to Pompei went great and we found the hostel first try...