Still tired from our all-day tour yesterday, we just took it easy today. Today's mission, find another suitcase cand continue shopping. Headed to Piazza dei Spagna, in search of nice cashmere lined leather gloves. Mission accomplished and more. The weather is hot, and Laura was starting to fade. We headed back to the hotel for some R&R with plans to go out for a nice supper for our last day in Rome and the end of our vacation. Headed to via Barberini wit...

Had breakfast at the hotel, fuel for the long day ahead of us. I had arranged a full day tour with Angel Tours. Using our Roma Pass, we took the metro to the Colloseo station. The train, of couse, was packed and had issues, so all passengers had to get off and board the nect train. We still managed to make it on time to meet our guide Daniel, an Irish academic. Angel Tours consists mostly of Irish students who are history mjors and have a great sense of humo...

Managed to get ourselves and our luggage down the steep steps of our apartment safely.  Going down was certainly a lot easier than going up, but still a bit of a challenge.  I am sure our luggage took a mjor beating!  Took the Interno Positano bus up to the SITA fermatta where we caught the bus to Sorrento.  It was a nice scenic drive on the Amalfi.  From Sorrento we took the train to Napoli Centrale, approximately 50 minutes away.   Because the bus & t...

For our final day in Positano, we decided to take it easy as we know the trip to Rome tomorrow will be another long day of travel. Walked to town to pick up some souvenirs; Limoncello and soaps. I would have loved to purchase more things like ceremics, but was not confident it would make it home in one piece. There was the option of shipping it back home, but at a minimum cost of €50, and the uncertainty of how dependable the Italian postal service would be...

Woke up to another beautiful sunny day; another scorcher! To get to Pompeii we opted to go via a ferry to Sorrento via Capri. Not the cheapest route but definitely a cooler option as Laura does not do well in the heat. We arrived in Sorrento, but still had to go up over 75 steps to get to town where the train station is located. Using our Campania card, we hopped on the train to the Pompeii Scavi station, which is across the street from the site. We wanted to...