Trying to catch up

The view over the Roman Forum from the Capitoline Hill

It's clearly been a very busy few days.

The weekend was absolutely flat chat, with walking walking walking - all over the Forum, Colosseum, back to the Trevi.. all over the place.


Monday it was off to work for Sue while Michael gadded about Rome. He visited the cats at the Largos Argentinos, went over the Garibaldi bridge onto the Island, visited a heap of churches, the Pantheon, and then popped out to the Vatican to buy tickets, went to the church at Repubblica and then took me out for a romantic Valentine's Day meal... hahahaha


Tuesday I played hookey ... we caught the early train to Napoli, then the Circumvesuviano to Pompeii Scavi, a bus to the parking lot at Vesuvius (1000m above sea level) and then climbed the remaining 283m (was it only that??? rubbish...) to the summit and the mouth of the volcano. I will add pictures. This was not a stroll to the top, this was a frigging climb. I really did not think I would make it - makes the thousand steps look a bit pissy... ;)