From Cassino to Pompeii it is not very far and so we reach the Fauno Apartment in the morning. We quickly find a bus up to Vesuvius. After 40 minutes we are already in the parking lot just below the crater. I have to go up without the others, who are waiting for me at the snack bar. I have an hour until the bus goes down again. It goes steeply uphill until I arrive at the crater. Then a trail leads along the crater rim to the other side. From the crater, it even smokes a bit. On the other hand, you can look down directly on Naples, but more and more clouds obscure the view. The hour is pass by fast and I have to get down to the bus.Read more