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Okay, well really there’s only one pyramid and it may not be super great compared with others and it’s not even in Egypt but hey! A pyramid is a pyramid no matter how small, so yesterday we loaded into our car and went to see the pyramid. It turns out that a Roman emperor was […]

Today we climbed up Mt. Vesuvius which still erupts! I thought the volcano might explode while I climbed it! First, we drove up an exceeding amount of winding roads. Next, we took a shuttle up about 1 1/2 kilometers. Then, we hiked up Mt. Vesuvius and looked in the hole of the volcano. The hole […]

We went to a place someone recommended us to go to.  Tivoli gardens!  You can drink out of some of the fountains.  The garden had lots of fountains, carefully trimmed bushes, and a pond with big fish.  Tivoli gardens are really cool! I really recommend this place too!

On Monday it was nonstop rain!  What a minute!  This is the reason we are here instead of Portalnd: To get out of the rain!  I decided (before the rain) that I would venture down to the Cisco Office and work on the lab which consisted of an hour long commute using public transportation. I […]

“How am I gonna be an optimist about this?” – Lars Ulrich Needless to say the whole weekend we sang the Pompeii song because the Benincosa famiglia is all about theme music for each adventure. Getting to Mount Vesuvius Mt Vesuvius makes you think you are in a third world country the way they run […]

“If you close your eyes does it almost feel like nothings changed at all?” – Mohammad Ali We were unexpectedly surprised at how much we enjoyed Pompeii. For me the first joy came when I learned kids under 18 get in free! €24 euro total! Hurray! Well also €12 euro to park. Still not bad […]

Today we explored Pompeii. At the entrance, we saw the main gate. Then, we walked in and saw huge stones that are used by pedestrians when they flood the streets to clean the horse poop. The stones are low so that chariot carts can cross over and the wheels can go inbetween. After, we went […]

We went to the Tivoli Gardens today. It was pretty amazing. There were tons of fountains and statues but what we liked best were the bushes. They were the trimmed into perfectly straight rectangular prism type and the tops were super soft and bushy. We decided we needed to put those exact bushes on our […]

After driving our big Kangoo in Naples this last weekend and in Rome the past few days I feel like I’m ready to drive anywhere. From our research there were a lot of advantages to leasing a car. For us it came down to two things: It gives us more flexibility when plans change and […]

This weekend we went to Pompeii and Mount Vesuvius. Mom and Dad wouldn’t let me take my phone because they were worried about pickpockets so I don’t have a pictures. However, it was a really cool experience. On the drive we listened to a Rick Steves tour of Pompeii. We all paid attention because Mom […]