Positano,Italy
Yvonne & Dan @ Pompeii Forum w/ Mt. Vesuvius Behind
Pompeii, Italy
This morning we woke up at 6am since we had to meet our tour group in the middle of Rome by 7am. Luckily it was not too far from our place, so we just had a short 10 minute walk. We jumped on a bus with 8 or so other people and drove to Pompei. Turns out that Pompei ended up being even more amazing than either of us thought. We also were very lucky to have such a great tour guide. He walked us through a lot of Pompei, but there is so much to see there that there is no way to see it all in one day. It is a really incredible site to see, and we learned so much information about Pompei as a city as well as how it developed over time and was eventually impacted by an earthquake and the volcano eruption that covered the city in ash. It is incredible how well preserved the whole city is and even the process by which they've had to dig up the site over the years. There is still 1/3 buried that they will one day dig up. We took so many pictures and will only be able to post a few here but we will be sure to post them all on our flickr page.
Positano, Italy
After the few hours of exploring Pompei, we moved on to Positano on the Amalfi coast. The bus navigated narrow, winding roads down the coast and then we eventually came to Positano which is a small beach city built into the hillside of the Amalfi coast. We only had a couple of hours to spend here so we explored the town, spent some time at the beach, and ate some delicious seafood at Ristorante La Cambusa. This area specializes in everything lemon so we also enjoyed a Delizia Limone for dessert. After exploring the city and getting some beach time we hit the road back to Rome, where we got back into the city around 8pm.
Collessum, Rome, Italy
Since we are crazy, we decided to walk even more once we got home to go back to the Colosseum to take some long exposure shots from a bridge. Then we walked down closer to Circus Maximus where Dan wanted to check something out that he saw years ago when he first visited Rome. On top of some hills there is a keyhole in a door that if you look through it you see an amazing garden that perfectly frames the dome of the Vatican. Kinda random but very cool. From the keyhole we walked down the hill to a restaurant we found on Eater called Taverna Volpetti. Here we had the best meal on our entire trip so far. We shared a cheese and salami board, then had spaghetti with raw shrimp, and finally roasted squid with pappa al pomodoro. The spaghetti with raw shrimp was by far one of the best things we have ever eaten. Doesn't sound amazing, but it was such a unique taste that we could not figure out. We asked our server what the sauce is and he said it is made from the remains of the shrimp that they don't serve you. We now know the secret!