Okay, I am NOT and NEVER have been a morning person. I am sure glad my body is confused as that is making getting up easier! Again, on gluten free Schar basket protection protocol at 6:30am! Wish someone had taken my picture but maybe that is a good think no picture was taken – I am half asleep! The worse thing happened at breakfast! The COFFEE machine broke! In Italy they had it apart and fixed in 20 minutes!
Today we are off to Pompeii. ending up in Sorrento tonight. We were on the bus for four hours to get to Pompeii, including a fun “Italian” rest stop! Italian rest stops are full service restaurants on the side of the highway with petrol stations. They even have GF food – sort of… more on that later – this was just a loo stop for today!
Now in Pompeii the group did the full tour and I heard they really enjoyed it! As I did the tour last year and let’s say it is VERY hard for people who use a walker or have walking difficulties; Midge, Kevin and I did the “Lynda’s Backwards Pompeii Tour” which was lots of fun! We went through the entrance to Pompeii and then took a left and walked up the road that people normally walk down to exit. It is up a slight hill, but FLAT and has NO HUGE STONES! We used the elevator to check out the fabulous museum and then too the elevator to the top and hung out in the Forum area on some huge boulders, which were in the SHADE. Thank goodness as the temperature was still high – about 28-29 degrees C today.
Then we took the elevator down to the exit and met up with our tour group! Onto the bus and we are off to Sorrento! There was an Optional Excursion to a Farm that evening for dinner, which we passed on. Instead, a group of us went to a very nice local Italian restaurant and had an awesome dinner! Having 7 people with Celiac Disease was a bit overwhelming to them so we were only allowed to order 3 pizzas (all that fits into the oven) or it would be an hour to cook more. So some ladies had pasta, I had calamari and others had the pizza. After that Midge and I walked back to the hotel and sat in the lobby and chatted while the other ladies when for an adventuresome walk to work off their meal!
Early to bed! 6:45am the suitcases have to be outside and we are off to visit Capri tomorrow!
