Italy
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Naples (Airport)
Due to our tour to Mount Vesuvius running late, we arrived in Naples without much time to explore. We got to the train station and looked into taking the Hop-On Hop-Off bus. Unfortunately, the last run was at 5 pm and it was almost 5 pm. Mom and I decided to just head to the hotel and then we could walk around the area and find a place for dinner. Our hotel was a capsule hotel in Naples Airport. It was built in the smaller, secondary terminal. It was a short walk outside to the main terminal. These small capsules are just large enough for a double bed and a…
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Mount Vesuvius
After visiting the Pompeii Archaeological Site, mom and I made plans to travel to Mount Vesuvius the next day. We checked in at a tourist shop next to our hotel. The company had openings in the 10 a.m. tour. We booked in with them and went to wander around and find dinner and the train station. On our way back to the hotel we found a nice little cafe to sit and watch the main square of Pompeii while we tried local desserts. In the morning we had breakfast at the hotel and checked out. We were able to leave our bags at the hotel and walk to the meeting…
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Pompeii
Mom and I had a flight in the late morning. We left Dubrovnik and headed to Naples. A bus went directly to Pompeii, near the main entrance of the archaeological site. We wanted to find our hotel and drop off our bags before we ventured into the archaeological site. Our hotel was near the back entrance of the site and it took it just over half an hour to walk there and find it. Hot, tired, and cranky we finally reached the hotel. The hotel was tucked behind the main road down a path. We felt happy and lucky to find the hotel. The hotel checked us in quickly and…
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Rome
Summer break means it’s time to travel again. Mom has a number of places she wants to visit. This year it happened that Europe had a few destinations we could cross off her bucket list. We started with 48 hours in Rome. We flew into Rome, landing at about nine in the morning local time. To our bodies though it was midnight. Despite very little sleep on the airplane, we were determined to beat jetlag by treating the day as its own day and not constantly thinking about what time it was back home. We took the train into town and then transferred to the metro to get to the…
