Last night was full of wake ups and poor sleep. JJ was up for a couple hours coughing and ended up in our bed. The thought of getting up at 630am to make another early train to get to a ferry was too much. Alarms off. We slept in and detoured to Herculaneum. You've probably never heard of this place, but it's a much smaller version of Pompei. It's also in the middle of a city.
Not nearly the traffic as Pompei, but the site had really cool stuff. It is down near the ocean and was hit with pyroclastic flows, versus ash, so what was left was well preserved. Where Pompei was a town of 10000, this was a town of 5000, and most of the population was only there in the summer to escape the heat of Rome. And only about 1/4th is exposed as the rest is underneath ash and there would be a lot of unhappy landowners if they decide to uncover the ruins and remove their homes and buildings.
The trains were quite unreliable today and left us waiting for extended times, but we wanted the day to be low key. We'll save Capri for another visit.
We ate at very close place tonight called Addu i' Mimi. Very nice and friendly. After we paid the bill, we were offered a limoncello and a bottle of the house wine. The 100 foot walk back to the BnB was very enjoyable. The meal was a simple pasta or gnocchi with veal or calamari.
Travelling tomorrow. Can't wait to be in complete control of the thermostat and have our own pets back. The stray dogs and cats in Italy are nice and friendly, but they aren't Radley and Tuna.
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