Tuesday 18 May 2010

Day 45



More archaeology at the smaller town of Herculaneum. Closer to the sea and nearer to Napoli and again accessed by the local train line.
Much smaller than Pompeii but more complete two story houses and more to see in them.
The Roman baths are amazing and the intact wall frescos beautiful.
Lots of the bronzes and marble from the original excavations were carted off to build houses in Napoli before the archaeologists got involved

We were a stones throw from the sea so set off to weave our way down to what was surely a beach.
Not likely, through a slum, under a railway track and the low tunnel underneath came out at a sewerage outlet, imagine our disappointment.
A whole week in the bay of Naples and we didn’t get to the sea once. Still the climb back up the hill was good for me.
The garage phoned, the car is fixed and they would collect us in two hours, we couldn’t contain our excitement at having our wheels back. The bill was a reasonable 168 Euros and we rushed to a giant out of town supermarket to look at lots of bright shiny things, breath out and relax. Ahhhh.



1 comment:

  1. If i didn't know you better, I would say you were in danger of being heathens! There you are, amongst all that antiquity and you rush off to a modern temple of consumerism for relaxation!! Of course I understand your religious convictions and that worship of the great god 'Ikea', or his lesser side dieties, is a mortal necessity!

    H
    xxx

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