October 20, 2013

Sorrento

Good morning everyone,

Had a great meal as usual last night here at the hotel linguini with clams & mussels in olive oil and garlic it was tasty they tend to cook the pasta a little on the underdone side (al Dente).  The seafood was fresh arrived that day.

Not anything new to report enjoying a down day just hanging at the hotel Robbie and Krista will be arriving this afternoon.  Might go into town in a little while and roam around, in the meantime I thought I would take the opportunity and download some of Deb's photos with a bit of commentary thrown in.


Tiles on the floor of the baths in Herculaneum

Fresco's on the wall of a home in Herculaneum

Cooking urns that were heated with rocks. They would cook food like beans, fish stew etc.  The original McDonalds ok here it would've been macdonuldus maximus

One of the streets in Pompeii

 Statue of Greek God Apollo depicted drawing a bow at the Pompeii ruins.   This area was originally inhabited by Greece.

A plaster cast of one of the bodies found at Pompeii.  While they were excavating they came to realize that when they hit a hollow area there was always skeleton in the hollow area.

They then started using rods to feel for when they would find a cavity in the ash while excavation.  Once found they would pour plaster into the vacant area that had been left by the body decomposing over the ages.  After the plaster had hardened they would then resume excavation.  The detail in the plaster shows facial expressions, folding in clothes quite detailed.

This is now at the farm we went to on Friday night,  an olive oil holding tank when the olives used to be pressed and filtered then the oil and water would be accumulated here. the oil skimmed off the top and the water drained into a cistern to be used later in irrigating the fields.

The stone pushed by hand to crush the olives prior to pressing to extract the oil

Oil and wine jugs

Lary Linda and I enjoying the home made pizza at the farm.

 Debbie and Marla making pizzas hubba hubba :)

The Verde (green) grotto at the Isle of Capri

Cave erosion on the cliffs of Capri, the one on the left looks like a Venetian carnival mask to me.

Narrow streets in Capri quite common in all of these towns.

Picture of Capri as we are leaving on the ferry to Sorrento.  A little dark as it was the end of the day

OK everyone have a great day.  Off tomorrow to tour Posatano and the Amalfi coast. Have a great Sunday.

D&D