Vesuvius

This morning we caught the ferry to Naples to start our last day in Italy. After arriving we had pre booked bag storage for the day so we could explore bag free. Turns out our bag storage was the back room of a cannabis chain store in Europe. Successfully dropping our bags we headed on our Mount Vesuvius tour. This included taking 2 separate buses up to 1000m altitude on the mountain. These buses were empty, comfortable and rated our most stress free rides. We then hiked 3km up to the top of the open crater, seeing inside the active volcano! We saw a bit of smoke and grumbles coming from inside, but we don’t think it will erupt for another couple years. Made our way down the trail and caught the buses back to the port just as some rain rolled in. The second bus back included a chaotic changeover with lots of Italian yelling, as well as heated Italian discussion between the bus driver and bus coordinator while driving. Good thing our stop was first (she took a mysterious exit before the first stop even happened). We collected our bags and checked in to our hotel. 5pm rolled around and we were starving. We wandered into a local pizza restaurant to find out nobody opens until 7pm for dinner. Luckily they let us stay for an early private dinner. We met the whole family and enjoyed a 3 course meal as the only non-family members in the restaurant. Ended the night with some Mario party and snacks. Fun fact: Matt slept on every type of transportation today.Read more