Civitavecchia

Civitavecchia is the port where we dock, but the real target is Rome.

From Civitavecchia we take a bus to Rome and hope to see such things as the coliseum, the Vatican, etc

Kathy taking video just outside the Roman coliseum in Rome Italy.

 
Ancient Pompeii Italy

This is a bar of which there are many...the cold drinks were placed down in pottery pots in the holes to keep the drinks cold.

The back side of the 
island of Capri Italy

This is a grinding stone arraignment for grinding the grain into flour for the baking

The ruins of a bakery...this was the brick oven... they actually found carbonized loafs of bread in the ovens.

 

That's me in the Roman coliseum.

This is an ad carved in the street pointing to the brothel.....

For about $10.00 you can have your picture taken with fake gladiators at the coliseum - she was after Bill so I borrowed his dagger to dissuade her :)

This is a courtyard in the center of a home in Pompeii....again a wealthy one

This is a cast of one of the victims of the eruption that buried Pompeii in ash

A cast of a victim of the Pompeii eruption

Food being displayed in the window of a small shop in Sorrento Italy

Food being displayed in the window of a shop in Sorrento

This is a fountain inside of a sauna in Pompeii. The building it's in was heated with steam in the walls and floor.

St Augustine gardens were absolutely lovely. Isle of Capri.

The Gardens at the top of Capri

What can I say?

This is the restaurant in Sorrento where we ate lunch. Hey where DID we leave the horses ??

The restaurant was below ground in what once was a wine cellar according to our host.

The food was excellent.

Here is a shot of Kathy taking a video of part of the entrance to the ruins of Pompeii.

Coliseum

Pompeii
The arched structure in the back consists of many many individual tiles of a brilliant blue color .. it was lovely

Pompeii

Many of the homes had these beautiful mosaics on the floors

Some Castle looking building in the harbor at Naples :)

This was a public drinking fountain in Pompeii

more ruins

more ruins Pompeii

This is a shot of the lower portion of Capri as seen from the top of the island...duh

Playground of the rich and famous .. The Rothschild yacht was in attendance with some heavy hitting names aboard .. hmm our invite must have been lost in the mail

Statues for legs of a small table in the courtyard

Just some typical statures decorating the buildings of Pompeii

Just a typical street in Sorrento

This is a street on the island of Capri - along this street many famous designer shops were to be found .. unfortunately we were there just before they opened for the day .. Darn it all

just another street in Pompeii... the big stones in the middle of the street were to cross the street without stepping in the sewage

This is the southern side of Capri .. a very short walk from the Northern side where the commercial marina is located. This is the Jet Set side of the island.

There it is...proof that I was at the coliseum

This is the St Augustine Garden in Capri .. we were very lucky to be the first group of tourists to arrive that morning .

Pompeii
The hole in the center of the threshold is for tying the reins of your horse

Trevi Fountain in Rome
I threw my three coins in ..I want to return to Rome for sure and this is the fountain for the 3 coins.

That is Neptune in the center .. the god and seahorse at the bottom signify the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

They clean the 3 coins per tourist out of this fountain regularly and give them to a charity similar to our red cross :)

The mountain on the right is Vesuvius .. responsible for the destruction of Pompeii