The Italian Family

Well, what a time we have had since leaving the U.K. Thanks to Shane, for driving us to the airport at such an early time of the morning. We landed in Naples and pretty much walked straight out of the airport and onto a bus bound for Sorrento! The weather was fantastic! Found Mama and Papa Leonard with their friends Di & Chris. Mama got very motional- its been so long since she has seen her baby boy! So after a few beers and a good catch up we found our hostel after a long walk uphill Yuk!
I guess that we are playing tour guides now; as this is the second time that we have been to the Southern Italian area. But that’s ok, because we know most of the scams now! We took a wander around Pompeii, up Vesuvius and then the classic drive along the Almalfi coast. Headed down to Grumentum Nuova where Carmel (Mama Leonard) was born and raised till she was 12. She and Billy (Papa Leonard) met the relatives who were most upset because the rest of us had not turned up! OOpppsss! She had spent all day making the pasta! We had decided not encroach and go for a drive around the countryside, we had a great day! Hopefully we smoothed it over the next day by all turning up and eating everything that was put in front of us… 5 courses later… I was having a great deal of trouble! The health kick went directly out the window. Always next week! Carmel is the only one who speaks Italian out of the 6 of us and the family spoke only Italian! So this made for long conversations. Well done to our translator Carmel! Thank you! The weather has tuned foul, but it seems the worst may have passed over. (Fingers crossed)
We are back in Sorrento today and are heading to Rome tomorrow. Not the centre of town, but the outskirts where it should be a little quieter, hopefully. A little chill out time, see the sights before they all head out of Rome on the big tin bird on the 11th

Happy Birthday Janie!

We stayed in Frascati which was a really nice town, a train ride into the centre of Rome. A bit of effort on the ladies part to get all of us accommodation but it worked out in the end and everyone was happy. We said our goodbyes on Saturday and D and I headed off to the other side of Rome- the Tiber Camping Ground. This place was well set up, a pool a bar, a supermarket, a bus shuttle to and from the train. It was pretty sweet so we just chilled out and saw some of the sights that you will see below!
We stay in Rome until the 14th from where we go directly to the centre of Paris! We have about 10 days there to see the sights and all that. So, some more at the end of the week??? Watch this space! Ciao 4 now