Sorrento & Herculaneum

Up early and headed off to the ferry (we decided the bus to Sorrento would be a bit hairy after the last two days). So that went a bit south - the trip on the ferry (Sorrento via Capri) was veryEn savoir plus
Up early and headed off to the ferry (we decided the bus to Sorrento would be a bit hairy after the last two days). So that went a bit south - the trip on the ferry (Sorrento via Capri) was veryEn savoir plus
Up early and caught the train to Naples before boarding a plane via Rome to Palermo on the island of Sicily. We were met by our driver who spoke zero English. He took us to his very nice blackEn savoir plus
Breakfast included and so good. Cecilia was still on duty (?) and brought us out so many delicious goodies - bread, lemon jam, ricotta, prosciutto, cheese, tomatoes (real ones not like we get at home)En savoir plus
Left our little Pensione in Scopello rather reluctantly. Picked up by our transport - not so fast this time and were taken to the start of our walk - on Monte Monaco. Our driver again did not speakEn savoir plus
First port of call today was the town of Erice. It is on top of a standalone mountain at the edge of Trapani - 751m high. Fortunately there is a cable car to get up there. Lots of stone streets thatEn savoir plus
Today we went to island of Levanzo. A ferry trip that took you us to two of the small mountainous Aegadian islands off the coast of Sicily. Levanzo is basically an enormous rock and we decided thatEn savoir plus
A well earned sleep in today and off to Favignana - the bigger of the two offshore islands. It did not have the charm of Levanzo, but we went for a wander and had a look around and found some niceEn savoir plus
We were picked up and taken to Segesta - the ruins of an ancient settlement that goes back BC. It has been built and rebuilt following wars and two main parts remain standing - a Doric temple and aEn savoir plus
An early morning ☹️ and felt like we spent the day in airports - first Palermo, then Milan and our final destination Paris. I had not been to Charles de Gaulle before but it was so clean - i amEn savoir plus
A day of very mixed weather - rain, hail and sunshine! We went for a bit of a wander down the streets of Paris - I believe that we are on the border of the first arrondissement, then to StEn savoir plus