Blue Lagoon Traveler

Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday October 18, 19 and 20.  We finished our southern Italy tour in the port city of Naples, Italy - this was the last stop on our southern Italy tour.  We went from basically quiet seaside or tourist towns to the large and gritty city of Naples.  There are 1 million people (it seems like even more than that), living in the city with a total of 2.5 million people in Naples and the surrounding area.  If you are ever there, I would advise that you never attempt to drive and if you cross the road, do it at a crosswalk and realize you are taking your life into your own hands. Yikes!  We got in about 930am on Tuesday morning and went right to the Capodimonte Museo that was housed in a Royal palace in Naples.  It sat above the city on 300 acres of park land.  Art museums can be boring for me, but we had a great guide who taught us about Charles III, Bourbon family, Farnese family and King Ferdinand and how the collections and the museum were started.  99% of the pa

Monday Oct 17 - tour day 10 - Sorrento Italy  As the tour goes on I sometimes seem to be out of words for this blog!  Today was a very laid back day in Sorrento Italy.  I started the day with a self guided walking tour of Sorrento.  I wandered through city squares and back alleys and waterfronts.  The city is known for inlaid wood, even their businesses and churches have inlaid wood in doors and seats.  I also visited an inlaid wood factory and business.   It is a very open and friendly touristy town, but it wasn’t over run at all.  I will let the pictures tell the story.   In the afternoon I went on a kayak ride with about 20 other people (not my tour group).  We went along cliffs, past a Roman ruin and into a beautiful grotto.  The website said it was for beginners, but I am not sure what they think is a beginner, but it was not for beginners! It took 3 hours and I had loads of fun!  After a short siesta, we all went to a home cooked dinner in a lovely home.  It was the best food I h