Monthly Archives: May 2006

Today is the day that all the cruise ships came to Sorrento. Three massive, huge, gigantic, big liners were parked just off the Marina Piccola, disgorging passengers like cattle onto small ship-to-shore boats. From these little boats come forth guides … Continue reading →

In the year 62 AD Pompeii was devastated by a massive earthquake. A lot of the city was badly damaged but as soon as people figured that further quakes were not coming, reconstruction started. This brought a new wave of … Continue reading →

The Island of Capri (pronounced Car-pri so the first vowel is long and not the way we foreigners normally say it Cap-ri) was once part of the Amalfi peninsular but a dirty great earthquake a very long time ago, shifted … Continue reading →

One of those burning questions that no-one is EVER going to be able to answer: Was Amalfi named after the nymph loved by Hercules and buried in the area or is it derived from the town of Melfi when people … Continue reading →

Breakfast at this hotel is rather interesting. You arrive at the restaurant and if there’s no waiter present you naturally head for a table. However this will get you moved because although the tables have numbers on them they do … Continue reading →

I was sitting over breakfast listening to a group of three Americans. The wife of a pair said to the woman they joined “We’ve done everyone but you, I think. We like to move around” to which the woman replied, … Continue reading →

A year ago today we were in the New Forest and I went for a walk, ending up getting lost. That was 2005. In 2006, I was up at 4am and ready for the 5am taxi to take us to … Continue reading →