This time, a taxi tour
[Jan. 2025] New Year’s Day on the island of Capri in southern Italy. After getting off the tourist boat, we thought we’d have a coffee at a cafe, but the only shop open was not…
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We did not plan to go, but..
[Jan. 2025] It was a nice day for New Year’s in Sorrento, southern Italy. So, although we hadn’t planned on going to Capri, we went. It may seem disrespectful to Capri, which is ranked 14th…
Year-end excitement
[Dec. 2024] We went to Piazza Tasso, the central square of Sorrento, southern Italy on New Year’s Eve. As expected, a large crowd was gathered there. Loud, beat-heavy music was playing, but by around 11:30,…
Pompeii is amazing
(This is my husband’s post for the first time in a long time!) [Dec.2024] I went to Pompeii for the first time, though I am Italian. My wife who is Japanese had already been there,…
The fruit of preparation: the crypt
[Dec. 2024] Since we were staying in Sorrento in southern Italy, we had to see the Amalfi Coast, so we headed to Amalfi on this day. We took a local bus that departed from in…
Bathed in the sunset
[Dec. 2024] After walking through the old town of Naples, southern Italy, we came to Piazza Dante. This square used to be a marketplace, and is also called the Market Square. We were planning to…
Fill our stomach and head to the old town
[Dec. 2024] Sightseeing in Naples, the third largest city in Italy. First, our guide Ivan took us to a pastry shop to fill our stomachs. The first choice shop was too crowded, so we went…
Ivan and Naples
[Dec. 2024] The day after visiting Ercolano (Herculaneum), an archaeological site in southern Italy, we finally visited Naples. I say “finally” because we had always had the preconceived notion that Naples was a scary place,…
Guided tour of Ercolano ruins
[Dec. 2024] On this day, we visited the ruins of Ercolano (Herculaneum) near Naples in southern Italy. We had booked a guided tour. There were no signs to the ruins at Ercolano Station on the…
