We overslept in Rome and hurried to start our journey to Sorrento. I managed to correctly order our coffee in broken Italian that morning but ended up with sweets for breakfast instead of croissants. We took the local train to Naples (bad idea...take the Eurostar) and then another local to Sorrento. We stopped in downtown Sorrento before heading up Via del Campo to the hotel. Our room had a balcony overlooking the Gulf of Naples and Mt. Vesuvius. That evening, we ordered a bottle of Chianti from the bar and sat on the windy lounge balcony sipping wine and watching a fireworks display across the gulf.
We awoke to a sunny view of the gulf and spent the morning wandering the hotel gardens before heading down the hill to Sorrento for window shopping and a winding walk down Via del Mar to the waterfront. We ate a lovely seafood lunch on the water and climbed the stairs along the rock wall, through back alleys and returned to the downtown area. The afternoon brought in some rain so we napped and read at the hotel. After dinner, enjoyed an evening out with locals and tourists at an Irish pub.
The following morning, we enjoyed our the morning in Sorrento before heading to Pompeii on our route to Naples. We spent over four hours walking the ruins at Pompeii. We were both impressed by the city's vast expanse and Mt. Vesuvius in the not-so-distant horizon. In the late afternoon, we headed back to the train and found ourselves in the crazy city of Naples. Paolo, the most gracious host in all of Italy, arranged for a taxi to meet us at the train station and take us to his family home on Vomero Hill. He upgraded us to a suite for our stay and then walked us to dinner where we enjoyed the house speciality pizza. Napoleon pizza in Naples. 'Nuf said.
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