Charlie and I are excited to be back in Italy! This post will be light on text and heavy on photos. Our trip to Naples was long but smooth. We stayed in a cool little BnB in the heart of the Centro Storico and immediately dove into the street scene on Day 1, shown below.
We hiked up a steep hill to the Monastery of San Martino and got some great views of the city, with the volcano of Mount Vesuvius looming over Naples in the background:
We then met a great geologist and professor at the University of Naples Federico II, Stefano Vitale, and his PhD student Mubashir Mehmood (seen with Charlie below), who gave us an excellent walking tour of many churches and unique sights in Naples.
The next day Mubashir took us to see active fumaroles of the restless hydrothermal system of the Campi Flegrei within a giant caldera system, west of Naples along the coast (see below), which has gotten a lot of attention recently due to increased earthquakes and magmatic activity … waiting for the next super eruption!
We spent the rest of that day touring a few Roman ruins, including an ancient hot springs resort and a fascinating museum in a castle at Bacoli that provided fantastic sunset views of Vesuvius.
We are now in Potenza, which was our home for 3 months in 2022. My next post will share some photos from here.
Great photos of your time in/near Naples, Becky and Charlie. We look forward to your next post!!