Tuesday 14th Assisi to Sorrento

Tuesday 14th Assisi to Sorrento
An early start today as it is a big traveling day, so it's on the coach by 7:30, which means out of bed at 5am.
The morning was spent driving through the Appenines and lunch was at an Autogrill.
Arriving at Pompeii about 2pm, Daniele had decided to do this visit today instead of tomorrow as there was a possibility of a strike by workers on Thursday, good decision as the weather was perfect. We have had warm and sunny weather for the last few days.
Pompeii is another amazing place and quite chilling when you see the plaster casts of bodies who were trapped by the ash. We could also see the tracks in the stone worn by carts being pushed or pulled along the roads. Also interesting was the "red light district" where pictures on the walls depicted the services offered by the ladies.
Apparently lava didn't reach Pompeii but the falling ash and pumice stone did the damage, collapsing roofs on people sheltering inside.
We only saw a small portion of the township as it covers a large area.
This is where Allan decided to try the local drink, Limoncello, expecting a nice refreshing fruit drink, it was anything but a soft drink. There are lots of lemons grown here, even huge ones that have a lot of pith.
Continuing on we made our way to our hotel in Sorrento. The hotel is in the old pedestrian area of the town and we had to leave the coach about half a kilometer from the hotel, but it was in a beautiful position overlooking the bay of Naples with Vesuvius dominating the landscape. Our room was at the front, so we had a good view.
Many of the group went out for dinner at a family restaurant high in the hills above Sorrento where we had good food, wine, live music, singing and dancing. Everybody had a  really good time. Fortunately the bus and the driver have to be out of action by a relatively early time or the party may have gone on till all hours.