Naples, Italy - October 1

We took a tour that went past Mount Vesuvius, around the Sorrento peninsula, on the Amalfi Drive and through Pompeii. It was an eight hour tour with very long rides in between stops. The scenery was wonderful, however. We stopped and did a bit of shopping and had a nice lunch in Sorrento. The part of the drive from Sorrento to Amalfi was very interesting. The road was very narrow and winding with large drops to the sea on the right side. Buses are only allowed to drive in the northerly direction along the road because two buses could not pass each other on many parts of the road. Many times the bus had to stop to let traffic by because the road was so narrow. They actually have police directing traffic at some of the turns in the road. At one point a small SUV pulling an empty boat trailer actually hit the front fender of the bus; the trailer did not make the turn tight enough.

Narrow road!


Mount Vesuvius

We celebrated my birthday at dinner with a special cake.