Positano, Amalfi, Capri, Pompeii

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Positano, Amalfi, Capri, Pompeii

Postby monik7 » Thu Oct 13, 2022 8:39 pm

Trying to catch up here with a few pictures to show you.
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This is a picture of Positano, one of the main towns on the Amalfi Coast. It was a little cloudy, but still a nice day. We spent time people watching too.
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We also drove to the next town over, Amalfi, and toured the paper mill/museum which has been in operation since the 13th century. It’s located inside a cave. Very interesting. They told us there used to be 13 paper mills in the tiny town of Amalfi.
On Tuesday we took a boat to the Isle of Capri. What a fascinating place. We started out with a boat ride around the island.
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These are the two most famous sites on Capri.
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We then took a chairlift up to the top of Capri for some spectacular views.
Then it was on to Pompeii.
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View of Vesuvius. The people of Pompeii and surrounding areas didn’t understand the danger lurking there. Here are some pictures of the city, their homes and the saddest part - molds of their remains in their last minutes.
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Here you can see ruts worn in the stone streets from wagons driving for years on the streets of Pompeii.
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These large stones were placed so when it was rainy or muddy people could cross from one side to the other without getting muddy or wet.
And finally:
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Re: Positano, Amalfi, Capri, Pompeii

Postby Bethers » Thu Oct 13, 2022 11:43 pm

Oh Sandi. What a wonderful trip. But I have to say these last pictures have me crying. Thanks for taking me with you. (And I would have loved the paper museum.)
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Re: Positano, Amalfi, Capri, Pompeii

Postby snowball » Thu Oct 13, 2022 11:49 pm

I was amazed at how bright the colors were still!!! after so many years...
what a reminder of the devastation
thank you for the trip
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Re: Positano, Amalfi, Capri, Pompeii

Postby Irmi » Fri Oct 14, 2022 7:02 am

Just stunning!
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Re: Positano, Amalfi, Capri, Pompeii

Postby Redetotry » Fri Oct 14, 2022 11:08 am

I'm so happy you are having such a wonderful vacation and I'm so thankful for you taking us along.
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Re: Positano, Amalfi, Capri, Pompeii

Postby Cudedog » Fri Oct 14, 2022 2:15 pm

Naples, a city of about a million people, today has spread to the lower slopes of the sleeping volcano Vesuvius.

When Vesuvius again becomes active - which it most surely will (it last erupted in 1944, less than a blink of geologic time) - the evacuation of the city of Naples will be a bit, shall we say, "problematic".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesuvius_red_zone

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Re: Positano, Amalfi, Capri, Pompeii

Postby BarbaraRose » Sat Oct 15, 2022 1:15 am

Beautiful areas! The pics of the people are sad tho.
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