Our excursion today from the rather gritty (that's a polite way of saying ugly and dirty) ports of Naples. we made our way to Sorrento via some scenic winding roads. Once there we were taken up to a farm where we tasted several cheeses and limoncello blends,then we went down to the township of sorrento where we were free to wander. We werent hungry so we browsed the shops which were filled with limoncello and lemon flavoured candy and soap. The whole town smells of lemon mixed with jasmine.
Had a lovely lemon gelato instead of lunch. It's so easy to over eat on the ship. 4 course dinners every night.!
After leaving Sorrento we made our way to Pompeii. Unfortunately for some reason it was closed when we arrived so we had a reduced time inside.
It was over 35c and extremely humid and our guide moved very fast making it a little uncomfortable however it was most interesting.
It certainly is a place that warrants more time than 2 hours, but we got to see a very intact bath room, original lead pipe plumbing, a brothel complete with pornographic art on the walls (!) some temples and apartments, a bakery complete with mills and ovens and a theatre
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| Roman Porn art inside the brothel |
Its been an exhausting few days.. We are looking forward to a sea day to recuperate a bit
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