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Mount Vesuvius
After a week in Rome, we took the train
south to Naples, then transferred to the small local train to get to
the modern town of Pompei. After checking in the outstanding Hotel Diana, it was clear that
the three teenagers had no interest in climbing a mountain even of such
import as Mount Vesuvius, so the adults went on their own. It was easy and
inexpensive to get a scheduled coach near the back entrance to the ruins
of ancient Pompeii, which took us most of the way up the mountain. There
we paid the entrance fee and walked less than 1 km to reach the crater
rim. Although not long or particularly steep, the path was mostly cinders
and a little uneven underfoot. |
