The blue light on the roof is a well that goes all the way to the church above By day four in Naples I felt that I had ‘done’ the place, id walked around enough of the city and seen the main tourist areas, done the two top day trips. So I went to Jenny […]

Another day trip worth doing from Naples is the ruins of Pompei. A city that was completely engulfed by the volcano Mount Vesuvius at some stage in history (as you can tell im really good with dates). Its pretty easy to get there even though italians seem to hate the use of signs. From the […]

Capri is a tiny island off Naples that is visited by the rich and famous and also by the poor backpacker. To give an idea about the scale, I saw a knitted sweater for 650 euros, and my entire outfit was worth about 65 euros. The ferry left Naples at 7:30am and arrived at the […]

Left Florence on an 11am Eurostar train direct to Naples. The Italian trains on a whole might not be the most well kept trains on the planet, but the Eurostar is fantastic. Very modern coaches with really comfy seating and they’re quick too, but pretty expensive just like the ICE equivalent of the DB in […]

Im not a huge fan of red wine, but I decided to go on a tour of the Chianti wine region of Tuscany anyway because I love throwing away money. I assumed that the red wine that i have drunk before has basically been piss compared to what I might taste in Chianti, so its […]